IN 1939, Brauns 1 found that a few per cent of the total amount of lignin is present in the extractives obtained from black spruce with ethanol. It is now well known that greater proportions of ...

A study from our group spanning 18 months found no significant differences in the extent of decomposition between field-grown wild-type and lignin-modified poplar wood; indeed, the variation ...

A recent study by Bowei Wang et al., published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, presents a breakthrough in lignin-based hydrogels designed to combine mechanical strength with ...

In a new partnership agreement, Hellyar Plastics will help bring Lignin Industries' patented, recyclable, biobased material ...

Lignin bio­syn­thesis projects concentrate on lignin biosynthesis in developing woody tissue of Norway spruce and Silver birch, both of which are economically important trees in Finland. We have ...

This stress leads to changes in cellular behaviour which result in either adaptation to the environment or to cell death. In our xylem and lignin related projects we study lignin biosynthesis in ...

A SCOTTISH biotech is using woodchips and sawdust to develop petrochemical alternatives for high-value chemicals in the ...

This full-time wet lab project aims to develop an environment-friendly integrated process technology for the production of nanocellulose fibres, lignin, and cellulase enzyme from agricultural wastes ...

Our understanding of lignin and the role that it has in providing plants with structure and rigidity plays a crucial part in ...

Scientists are working to develop devices that can harness waste heat from buildings and industrial uses to produce energy.

Discoveries: Professor Utley experimenting on the breaking down of Lignin, 1987. This photograph from 1987 shows Jim Utley (then Head of Chemistry, now Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry) at ...