Searching for renewable alternatives for fossil carbon resources to produce chemicals, fuels
and materials is essential for the development of a sustainable society. Lignin, a major …

Wood is an abundant and renewable feedstock for the production of pulp, fuels, and
biobased materials. However, wood is recalcitrant toward deconstruction into cellulose and …

The ratio of syringyl (S) and guaiacyl (G) units in lignin has been regarded as a major factor
in determining the maximum monomer yield from lignin depolymerization. This limit arises …

Nano-FTIR and PeakForce quantitative nanomechanical mapping (PF QNM) are new AFM-
based techniques that can be applied to plant tissues to get high-resolution spatial …

Fabrication of renewable materials through additive manufacturing using wood-filled
polylactic acid (PLA) is an emerging field of study. The variability in the tensile properties of …

Wood is a renewable resource that is mainly composed of lignin and cell wall
polysaccharides. The polysaccharide fraction is valuable as it can be converted into pulp …

O‐caffeoylquinic acid, also known as chlorogenic acid (CGA), functions as an intermediate
in lignin biosynthesis in the phenylpropanoid pathway. It is widely distributed among …

Genetic improvement through breeding is one of the key approaches to increasing biomass
supply. This paper documents the breeding progress to date for four perennial biomass …

Lignin S/G ratio has been investigated as an important factor in biomass recalcitrance to
bioethanol production. Because of the complexity and variety of biomass, recalcitrance was …

The architecture of the plant cell wall is highly dynamic, being substantially re‐modeled
during growth and development. Cell walls determine the size and shape of cells and …