Lignin: Historical, Biological, and Materials Perspectives

Content: Lignin chemistry, technology, and utilization : a brief history / Joseph L. McCarthy and Aminul Islam -- The nature of lignin : a different view / K. Forss and K-E. Fremer -- Monolignol compositional determinants in loblolly pine : aromatic amino acid metabolism and associated rate-limiting steps / Hendrik van Rensburg, Aldwin M. Anterola, Lanfang H. Levine, Laurence B. Davin, and Norman G. Lewis -- Genetic engineering of poplar lignins : impact of lignin alteration on kraft pulping performances / C. Lapierre, B. Pollet, M. Petit-Conil, G. Pilate, C. Leplé, W. Boerjan, and L. Jouanin -- Lignin-polysaccharide interactions in woody plants / Richard F. Helm -- Structural heterogeneity of hardwood lignin : characteristics of end-wise lignin fraction / Keko Hori and Gyosuke Meshitsuka -- Molecular orbital calculations on the interaction of veratryl alcohol with the lignin peroxidase active site / Thomas Elder and David C. Young -- Lignin influence on angiosperm sapwood susceptibility to white-rot fungal colonization : a hypothesis / Tor P. Schultz and Darrel D. Nicholas -- Classification of lignin according to chemical and molecular structure / Wolfgang G. Glasser -- An overview of chemical degradation methods for determining lignin condensed units / Y.-Z. Lai, H. Xu, and R. Yang -- Using Raman spectroscopy to identify chromophores in lignin-lignocellulosics / U.P. Agarwal and R.H. Atalla -- Limiting molecular weight of lignin from autocatalyzed organosolv pulping of hardwood / H.L. Hergert, G.C. Goyal, and J.H. Lora -- Structural investigation of dehydrogenation polymer (models of lignin) films at the air-water interface by neutron reflectivity / B. Cathala, N. Puff, V. Aguié-Béghin, R. Douillard, and B. Monties -- Comparative analysis of the lignins of cork from Quercus suber L. and wood from Eucalyptus globulus L. By dry hydrogen iodide cleavage / L.G. Akim, N. Cordeiro, C. Pascoal Neto, and A. Gandini -- Commercial use of lignin-based materials / J.D. Gargulak and S.E. Lebo -- Synthesis of ¹⁴C-labelled 1-ethenylbenzene using Wittig reaction and synthesis of graft copolymer of lignin and ¹⁴C-labelled 1-ethenylbenzene / Meng-Jiu Chen and John J. Meister -- Blends of biodegradable thermoplastics with lignin esters / Indrajit Ghosh, Rajesh K. Jain, and Wolfgang G. Glasser -- Thermoplastics with very high lignin contents / Yan Li and Simo Sarkanen -- Plasma modification of lignin / G. Toriz, F. Denes, and R.A. Young -- Chemistry of pulping: lignin reactions / Josef S. Gratzl and Chen-Loung Chen -- The interplay between oxygen-derived radical species in the delignification during oxygen and hydrogen peroxide bleaching / Josef Gierer -- A comparison of the structural changes occurring in lignin during Alcell and kraft pulping of hardwoods and softwoods / Ying Liu, Sandra Carriero, Kendall Pye, and Dimitris S. Argyropoulos -- A room-temperature [beta]-O-4 to [alpha]-O-4 rearrangement / D.L. Criss, T.H. Fisher, L.L. Ingram, Jr., D.J. Beard, and Tor P. Schultz -- Peracids in kraft pulp bleaching : past, present, and future / K. Poppius-Levlin, A.-S. Jääskeläinen, A. Seisto, and A. Fuhrmann -- Chemical modification of lignin-rich paper : light-induced changes of softwood and hardwood chemithermomechanical pulps: the effect of irradiation source / Magnus Paulsson and Arthur J. Ragauskas -- Investigation of ortho- and para-quinone chromophores in alkaline extraction stage residual lignins / Michael Zawadzki, Troy Runge, and Arthur J. Ragauskas -- Chemical characteristics of lignins extracted from softwood TMP after O₃ and CIO₂ treatment / D.R. Robert, M. Szadeczki, and D. Lachenal.