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Arthur J. Ragauskas

Researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Publications -  790
Citations -  49699

Arthur J. Ragauskas is an academic researcher from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lignin & Cellulose. The author has an hindex of 93, co-authored 697 publications receiving 38728 citations. Previous affiliations of Arthur J. Ragauskas include University of Western Ontario & Georgia Institute of Technology.

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The path forward for biofuels and biomaterials

TL;DR: The integration of agroenergy crops and biorefinery manufacturing technologies offers the potential for the development of sustainable biopower and biomaterials that will lead to a new manufacturing paradigm.
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Lignin valorization: improving lignin processing in the biorefinery.

TL;DR: Recent developments in genetic engineering, enhanced extraction methods, and a deeper understanding of the structure of lignin are yielding promising opportunities for efficient conversion of this renewable resource to carbon fibers, polymers, commodity chemicals, and fuels.
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Review of current and future softwood kraft lignin process chemistry

TL;DR: The structure of lignin has remained one of the most difficult biopolymers to characterize, however recent advances in analytical chemistry and spectroscopy have dramatically improved our knowledge of this natural resource as discussed by the authors.
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Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review of Fundamentals and Applications.

TL;DR: A detailed review of the current literature reveals the lack of predictive understanding of the microscopic mechanisms that govern the structure-property relationships in deep eutectic solvents, and highlights recent research efforts to elucidate the next steps needed to develop a fundamental framework needed for a deeper understanding.
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Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

TL;DR: It is shown here that genetic modification of switchgrass can produce phenotypically normal plants that have reduced thermal-chemical, enzymatic, and microbial recalcitrance, which has the potential to lower processing costs for biomass fermentation-derived fuels and chemicals significantly.