Lignin: Historical, Biological, and Materials Perspectives (ACS Symposium Series, No. 742)

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. Annotation Lignin forms the woody cell walls of plants and the cement material between the plant walls, and after cellulose, it is the second most abundant biopolymer in the world. This book examines the biochemistry of lignin formation, lignin modification and utilization as a polymer, lignin in pulping and bleaching, chemical and physical properties of lignin, and lignin biodegradation