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Biorefinery process for the simultaneous recovery of lignin, hemicelluloses, cellulose nanocrystals and silica from rice husk and Arundo donax by Barana, Davide, Salanti, Anika, Orlandi, Marco, Ali, Danish S., Zoia, Luca

“…[Display omitted] •An integrated biorefinery process was set up for Arundo donax and rice husk.•The process is based on acidic-alkaline treatment and sulfuric…”
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Fluorescence Labeling of Technical Lignin for the Study of Phenolic Group Distribution as a Function of the Molecular Weight by Salanti, Anika, Orlandi, Marco, Zoia, Luca

“…A novel analytical approach based on fluorescence labeling was developed in the effort to increase the understanding of phenolic group distribution in…”
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Integrated biological and chemical characterisation of a pair of leonardesque canal lock gates by Zoia, Luca, Salanti, Anika, Giorgione, Claudio, Gentili, Rodolfo, Citterio, Sandra, Gandolfi, Isabella, Franzetti, Andrea, Orlandi, Marco

“…The Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci" in Milan is exposing two pairs of canal lock gates, used to control the water flow in…”
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Cytotoxic Compounds from Alcyoniidae: An Overview of the Last 30 Years by Cerri, Federico, Saliu, Francesco, Maggioni, Davide, Montano, Simone, Seveso, Davide, Lavorano, Silvia, Zoia, Luca, Gosetti, Fabio, Lasagni, Marina, Orlandi, Marco, Taglialatela-Scafati, Orazio, Galli, Paolo

“…The octocoral family Alcyoniidae represents a rich source of bioactive substances with intriguing and unique structural features. This review aims to provide…”
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Chromatographic Detection of Lignin–Carbohydrate Complexes in Annual Plants by Derivatization in Ionic Liquid by Salanti, Anika, Zoia, Luca, Tolppa, Eeva-Liisa, Orlandi, Marco

“…The opportunity for detecting the presence and the amount of lignin–carbohydrate complexes (LCCs) in renewable feedstocks is a major issue for the complete…”
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Exploring Allylation and Claisen Rearrangement as a Novel Chemical Modification of Lignin by Zoia, Luca, Salanti, Anika, Frigerio, Paola, Orlandi, Marco

“…The conversion of lignin into value-added products is traditionally hampered by its stochastic structure and its complex reactivity. The allylation reaction…”
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Chemical modification of wood induced by the traditional making procedures of bowed string musical instruments: the effect of alkaline treatments by Albano, Michela, Comelli, Daniela, Fiocco, Giacomo, Mattonai, Marco, Lucejko, Jeannette Jacqueline, Zoia, Luca, Colombini, Maria Perla, Malagodi, Marco

“…Over the last few decades, chemical and physical studies on bowed string musical instruments have provided a better understanding of their wooden finished…”
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Application of Sulphur-Free Lignins as a Filler for Elastomers: Effect of Hexamethylenetetramine Treatment by Frigerio, Paola, Zoia, Luca, Orlandi, Marco, Hanel, Thomas, Castellani, Luca

“…Lignins from a steam explosion process in crude and purified forms and modified sulphur-free commercial lignin (Protobind 3000®) were characterised to…”
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Giving New Life to Waste Cigarette Butts: Transformation into Platinum Group Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acid, Neutral and Alkaline Environment by Davide Testa, Giovanni Zuccante, Mohsin Muhyuddin, Roberto Landone, Axel Scommegna, Roberto Lorenzi, Maurizio Acciarri, Elisabetta Petri, Francesca Soavi, Lorenzo Poggini, Laura Capozzoli, Alessandro Lavacchi, Niccolò Lamanna, Andrea Franzetti, Luca Zoia, Carlo Santoro

“…Following the core theme of a circular economy, a novel strategy to upcycle cigarette butt waste into platinum group metal (PGM)-free metal nitrogen carbon…”
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Cellulose Nanocrystals Show Anti-Adherent and Anti-Biofilm Properties against Oral Microorganisms by Panio, Antonella, Ionescu, Andrei C, La Ferla, Barbara, Zoia, Luca, Savadori, Paolo, Tartaglia, Gianluca M, Brambilla, Eugenio

“…Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are cellulose-derived nanomaterials that can be easily obtained, e.g., from vegetable waste produced by circular economies. They…”
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Transforming Cigarette Wastes into Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalyst: Does Each Component Behave Differently? An Experimental Evaluation by Zuccante, Giovanni, Muhyuddin, Mohsin, Ficca, Valerio C. A., Placidi, Ernesto, Acciarri, Maurizio, Lamanna, Niccolò, Franzetti, Andrea, Zoia, Luca, Bellini, Marco, Berretti, Enrico, Lavacchi, Alessandro, Santoro, Carlo

“…Trillion of cigarette butts are annually littered without being recycled. This work aims at valorizing the whole cigarette butts and their components (paper,…”
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Molecular Weight Distributions and Linkages in Lignocellulosic Materials Derivatized from Ionic Liquid Media by Zoia, Luca, King, Alistair W. T, Argyropoulos, Dimitris S

“…A novel and reproducible method is described for accurately determining the molecular weight distribution by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) of whole…”
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Valorization of Side-Streams from a SSF Biorefinery Plant: Wheat Straw Lignin Purification Study by Zoia, Luca, Salanti, Anika, Tolppa, Eva-Lisa, Ballabio, Davide, Orlandi, Marco

“…The lignocellulosic materials produced after each step of a biorefinery plant using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) technology on wheat…”
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Binary Biocompatible CNC–Gelatine Hydrogel as 3D Scaffolds Suitable for Cell Culture Adhesion and Growth by Zoia, Luca, Binda, Anna, Cipolla, Laura, Rivolta, Ilaria, La Ferla, Barbara

“…Binary nano-biocomposite 3D scaffolds of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs)—gelatine were fabricated without using chemical crosslinking additives. Controlled…”
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Microwave-Assisted Lignin Isolation Using the Enzymatic Mild Acidolysis (EMAL) Protocol by Zoia, Luca, Orlandi, Marco, Argyropoulos, Dimitris S

“…The use of microwaves is explored in an effort to further improve the recently developed lignin isolation protocol termed EMAL (enzymatic mild acidolysis…”
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Oxidation of isoeugenol by salen complexes with bulky substituents by Salanti, Anika, Orlandi, Marco, Tolppa, Eeva-Liisa, Zoia, Luca

“…The catalytic properties of bulky water-soluble salen complexes in the oxidation of isoeugenol (2-methoxy-4-(1-propenyl) phenol) have been investigated in…”
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Asymmetric biomimetic oxidations of phenols: the mechanism of the diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of thomasidioic acid by Zoia, Luca, Bruschi, Maurizio, Orlandi, Marco, Tolppa, Eeva-Liisa, Rindone, Bruno

“…Enantiopure chiral amidic derivatives of sinapic acid were oxidised with hydrogen peroxide using horseradish peroxidase (HRP) as the catalyst to give the…”
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Renewable proteins from agricultural and animal sources as innovative multifunctional bio-fillers for rubber composites: A comprehensive review by Alagia, Massimo, La Ferla, Barbara, Zoia, Luca, Peri, Francesco

“…There is a growing need to find novel, sustainable solutions for elastomer reinforcement. Many biomass polymers have been used for this purpose, including…”
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Radical formation on CTMP fibers by argon plasma treatments and related lignin chemical changes by Zaninia, Stefano, Canevalib, Carmen, Orlandic, Marco, Tolppac, Eeva-Liisa, Zoiac, Luca, Riccardia, Claudia, Morazzoni, Franca

“…The changes at molecular level induced by cold argon plasma treat-ments on fibers obtained from chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp (CTMP) fibers were investigated…”
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Phenolic Group Distribution as a Function of Molecular Weight in Lignins and Their Fractions by Salanti, Anika, Orlandi, Marco, Lange, Heiko, Ferruti, Federica, Zoia, Luca

“…An analytical approach based on phenol fluorescence labeling with the dansyl fluorophore coupled with gel permeation chromatography using UV and fluorescence…”
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