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Oak Ridge team reveals surface structure of lignin
Source : greencarcongress.com
A first of its kind combination of experiment and simulation at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is providing a close-up look at the lignin molecule that complicates next-generation biofuels. Lignin, a major component of plant cell walls, aggregates to form clumps, which cause problems during the production of cellulosic ethanol. The exact shape and structure of the aggregates, however, have remained largely unknown. A team led by ORNL's Jeremy Smith revealed the surface structure of lignin aggregates down to 1 angstrom - the equivalent of a 10 billionth of a meter or smaller than the width of a carbon atom. The team's findings were published in the journal Physical Review E.
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22 June 2011 |
Research ::
Biomass ::
United States & Canada
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Articles on the topic of biomass (72 articles)
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