so today Xiao’s team looks more closely at lignin chemical structures. “The chemical changes during pyrolysis of lignin were very little understood,” he explains. In 2016, his team found ...

Although the components of wood – cellulose and lignin – are exceedingly cheap and plentiful, combining these into a wood-like structure is not straightforward, despite many attempts to make ...

"They are small molecules that closely resemble lignin's structure, making them an ideal model for our research," he explains ...