This book provides an comprehensive exploration of lignin, focusing on its structural characteristics, properties, and potential applications in sustainable solutions. It explores the intricacies of lignin's chemistry, providing light on planets most prevalent naturally occurring polymers, while emphasizing the use of lignin in production of biopolymers, biofuels, and novel materials, and includes several methods for its extraction, characterization, and valuation. The book highlights how important it is to increase sustainability across range of businesses as it investigates potential use of lignin, a biopolymer that is naturally plentiful and renewable, to address environmental issues on worldwide scale. It looks into the advantages of using lignin as sustainable substitute for synthetic materials and goods derived from petrochemicals. Overall, this book emphasizes relationship between sustainability and lignin science, and it bridges the gap between lignin science and useful applications in sustainability through its multidisciplinary approach. Moreover, it highlights lignin as a driving force behind creation of environmental friendly goods and technology that supports more sustainable future. Its content caters to academics, students, researchers, and policymakers working in the area of global sustainability through a circular economy.

Focuses on lignin structural characteristics, properties, and potential applications in sustainable solutions Highlights the use of lignin in production of biopolymers, biofuels, and novel materials to increase sustainability Bridges the gap between lignin science and useful applications in sustainability through its multidisciplinary approach

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Dr. Aatikah Meraj is currently working as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. She completed her Ph.D. in materials science from Universiti Putra Malaysia, located in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. She pursued both her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in organic chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. Her research area includes lignin, micro- and nanocrystalline cellulose, natural deep eutectic solvents, modifications and treatments of lignocellulosic biomass, biopolymers and their derivatives, and CO2 adsorption and packaging applications. Her research experience also encompasses biocomposites and lignin-based composites. She has published her research in high-impact journals, ranked in Q1 and Q2 Quartiles, such as International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Industrial Crops and Products, Journal of Polymers and the Environment, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, and Scientific Reports.   Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently working as Distinguished Professor at Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, United Arab Emirates University, UAE. He has more than 25 years of experience in teaching, research, and industries. His area of research interests includes hybrid composites, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, advance materials: graphene/nanoclay/fire retardant, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibers and solid wood, biopolymers and biopolymers for packaging applications, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibers, and polymer blends. So far, he has published 100 books, more than 100 book chapters, more than 500 peer-reviewed international journal papers, and several published review papers under top 25 hot articles in science direct during 2013–2020. He also obtained 6 patents and 6 copyrights/industrial design. H-index and citation in Scopus are 104 and 44864, and in Google Scholar, H-index and citation are 122 and 60087. He worked as Guest Editor of special issues of several peer-reviewed journals.

Inhalt

Lignin An Overview.- Chemical Structure of Lignin.- Biosynthesis of Lignin.- Lignin extraction and its sustainable valorisation.- Lignin in Pulp and Paper Industry on way to sustainability and circular economy.- Lignin as Renewable Resource Properties, Approaches, and Benefits.- Lignin Based Bio-Polymeric Blends Advancements in Sustainable Materials.- Lignin and lignin based polymers and nanomaterials.- Valorisation of lignin bio based carbon fibers.- Lignin and lignin based building materials.- Lignin and lignin based polymers and Nanomaterials.- Lignin The Building Block for Sustainable Functional Materials.- Lignin Based Soil Amendments and Fertilizers Sustainable Approaches to Environmentally Friendly Agriculture.- Lignin and Its Role in Promoting Environmental Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities.- Cost analysis and environmental impact of novel lignin production.- Lignin Studies in Real World Applications and its Future Directions.