In muro deacetylation of xylan affects lignin properties and improves saccharification of aspen wood

Autor: Prashant Mohan-Anupama Pawar, Marta Derba-Maceluch, Sun-Li Chong, Madhavi Latha Gandla, Shamrat Shafiul Bashar, Tobias Sparrman, Patrik Ahvenainen, Mattias Hedenström, Merve Özparpucu, Markus Rüggeberg, Ritva Serimaa, Martin Lawoko, Maija Tenkanen, Leif J. Jönsson, Ewa J. Mellerowicz

Publikováno v: Biotechnology for Biofuels, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017)

Abstract Background Lignocellulose from fast growing hardwood species is a preferred source of polysaccharides for advanced biofuels and “green” chemicals. However, the extensive acetylation of hardwood xylan hinders lignocellulose saccharificati

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Hydrophobin film structure for HFBI and HFBII and mechanism for accelerated film formation.

Autor: Aniket Magarkar, Nawel Mele, Noha Abdel-Rahman, Sarah Butcher, Mika Torkkeli, Ritva Serimaa, Arja Paananen, Markus Linder, Alex Bunker

Publikováno v: PLoS Computational Biology, Vol 10, Iss 7, p e1003745 (2014)

Hydrophobins represent an important group of proteins from both a biological and nanotechnological standpoint. They are the means through which filamentous fungi affect their environment to promote growth, and their properties at interfaces have resu

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Degradation and Crystallization of Cellulose in Hydrogen Chloride Vapor for High-Yield Isolation of Cellulose Nanocrystals

Autor: Paavo A. Penttilä, Ritva Serimaa, Janne Ruokolainen, Jani-Markus Malho, Anne Meriluoto, Thomas Rosenau, Eero Kontturi, Niki Baccile, Janne Laine, Herbert Sixta, Antje Potthast

Publikováno v: Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2016, 55 (46), pp.14455-14458. ⟨10.1002/anie.201606626⟩
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55 (46), pp.14455-14458. ⟨10.1002/anie.201606626⟩

International audience; Despite the structural, load-bearing role of cellulose in the plant kingdom, countless efforts have been devoted to degrading this recalcitrant polysaccharide, particularly in the context of biofuels and renewable nanomaterial

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Combination of internal and external plasticization of hydroxypropylated birch xylan tailors the properties of sustainable barrier films

Autor: Inkeri Kontro, Ritva Serimaa, Riku Talja, Christiane Laine, Kirsi S. Mikkonen, Maija Tenkanen

Publikováno v: Mikkonen, K S, Laine, C, Kontro, I, Talja, R A, Serimaa, R & Tenkanen, M 2015, ' Combination of internal and external plasticization of hydroxypropylated birch xylan tailors the properties of sustainable barrier films ', European Polymer Journal, vol. 66, no. May, pp. 307-318 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.02.034

To develop functional and sustainable products from future wood biorefineries, birch kraft pulp xylan was alkali-extracted and modified in aqueous solvent with hydroxypropylation to enhance its processability to films. For the first time, the roles o

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Impact of mechanical and enzymatic pretreatments on softwood pulp fiber wall structure studied with NMR spectroscopy and X-ray scattering

Autor: Sirkka Liisa Maunu, Taina Kamppuri, Stina Grönqvist, Paavo A. Penttilä, Marianna Vehviläinen, Thaddeus Maloney, Ritva Serimaa, Tommi Virtanen

Publikováno v: Virtanen, T, Penttilä, P A, Maloney, T C, Grönqvist, S, Kamppuri, T, Vehviläinen, M, Serimaa, R & Maunu, S L 2015, ' Impact of mechanical and enzymatic pretreatments on softwood pulp fiber wall structure studied with NMR spectroscopy and X-ray scattering ', Cellulose, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1565-1576 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0619-x

Dissolution of wood pulp can be enhanced by applying certain pretreatments before exposing the fibers to solvents. We have analyzed effect of mechanical and enzymatic pretreatments on softwood fiber wall structure using nuclear magnetic resonance (NM

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