A thorough reference guide to Lignin Chemistry, from inherent structure revealing to transformation into chemicals, fuels, and materials
 
Climate change, driven by rising greenhouse gas emissions, is the defining challenge of our time. Reducing our dependence on non-renewable resources such as fossil fuels will require alternative, more sustainable resources. Lignin, the only widely-occurring, renewable, aromatic bio-polymer in Nature, has a range of application potential in the production of chemicals, fuels, and other industrial materials. Lignin science has become one of the fastest-growing and most significant areas of sustainable chemistry in the world.
 
Lignin Chemistry: Characterization, Isolation, and Valorization presents a systematic, multidisciplinary overview of this cutting-edge field and its current state of research. Beginning with a robust characterization of lignin, the book addresses the isolation and transformation of lignin, as well as the book inspires with a plethora of applications. The result is a critical resource for researchers and professionals in any area of academic or industry where renewable biomass, in particular lignin, has importance.
 
Lignin Chemistry readers will find:
 
* Thermochemical and catalytic strategies for lignin conversion
* Detailed discussion of the valorization of lignin towards biopolymers, nanoparticles, carbon fibers and materials, and hydrogels
* An authorial team with immense and varied research experience
 
Lignin Chemistry is ideal for chemical engineers, catalytic chemists, biochemists, material scientists, and analytical chemists in industry.

Chapter 1: A brief introduction to lignin utilization
 
Chapter 2: NMR characterization of lignin
 
Chapter 3: Advances in the Molar Mass and Functionality Analysis of Lignin
 
Chapter 4: Degradative methods for lignin valorisation
 
Chapter 5: Isolation of native-like lignin
 
Chapter 6: Isolation of lignin in the biorefinery process
 
Chapter 7: Gasification and combined heat and power (CHP) from Lignin
 
Chapter 8: Enzymatic and Microbial Bioconversion of Lignin to Renewable Chemicals
 
Chapter 9: Approaches to the oxidative depolymerization of lignin
 
Chapter 10: Photocatalytic Conversion of Lignin
 
Chapter 11: Electrochemical Conversion for Lignin Valorization
 
Chapter 12: Recent advances in thermoset and thermoplastic polymeric materials produced using technical and depolymerized native lignins
 
Chapter 13: Advances in preparation and applications of lignin nanoparticles
 
Chapter 14: Carbon (nano)fibres and carbon materials from lignin and their applications
 
Chapter 15: Lignin-based hydrogel: mechanism, properties, and application