The recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass to enzymic digestion remains a significant obstacle to the adoption of an environmentally and economically sustainable strategy for the synthesis of biomaterials. Traditional ...

Wood formation is heavily exploited for the manufacturing of pulp, paper, sustainable biomaterials and, potentially, biofuels. Eucalyptus is a favourable fast-growing, short rotation plantation crop grown over millions of ...

The secondary cell walls of woody plant species are a major source of cellulose. This biopolymer is among the most abundant on the planet and is very useful to industry, having many applications, such as in the paper ...