Elinor L. Scott

TL;DR: In this paper, the efficiencies of fumaric, maleic, and sulfuric acid in wheat straw pretreatment were compared, and the influence of pretreatment temperature and of wheat straw loading was studied.

TL;DR: The aim of this mini-review is to describe the scope of the possibilities to generate current functionalized chemical materials using amino acids from biomass instead of fossil resources, thereby taking advantage of the biomass structure in a more efficient way than solely utilizing biomass for the production of fuels or electricity.

TL;DR: This paper describes several examples of knowledge-intensive technologies for the production of chemicals from biomass, which take advantage of the biomass structure in a more efficient way than theproduction of fuels or electricity alone.

TL;DR: This review focuses on attempts to use fatty acids, carbohydrates, proteins and lignin, as substrates in the synthesis of biorenewables using immobilised enzymes, as the latter are shown to be a crucial factor with respect to stability and reuse.