Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Carbohydrate-aromatic interface and molecular architecture of lignocellulose

  • Alex Kirui,
  • Wancheng Zhao,
  • Fabien Deligey,
  • Hui Yang,
  • Xue Kang,
  • Frederic Mentink-Vigier,
  • Tuo Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28165-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The plant biomass is a composite formed by a variety of polysaccharides and an aromatic polymer named lignin. Here, the authors use solid-state NMR spectroscopy to unveil the carbohydrate-aromatic interface that leads to the variable architecture of lignocellulose biomaterials.