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Structural regulation and performance enhancement of sulfonated lignin in functional applications: A review.

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Τίτλος: Structural regulation and performance enhancement of sulfonated lignin in functional applications: A review.
Συγγραφείς: Zhang X; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China., You Z; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China., Li Y; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China., Kang X; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China., Su T; Agricultural Resources and Environmental Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation, Nanning, 530007, China., Ragauskas AJ; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA; Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA; Center for Renewable Carbon, Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA., He T; Agricultural Resources and Environmental Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation, Nanning, 530007, China., Yuan Z; College of Materials Engineering, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350108, China. Electronic address: zhanhuiyuan@fafu.edu.cn., Song X; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China. Electronic address: sx_ping@gxu.edu.cn.
Πηγή: International journal of biological macromolecules [Int J Biol Macromol] 2026 Jul; Vol. 371, pp. 152748. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 May 26.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article; Review
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 7909578 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-0003 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01418130 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Biol Macromol Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier
Original Publication: Guildford, Eng., IPC Science and Technology Press.
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Lignin*/chemistry , Sulfonic Acids*/chemistry, Molecular Structure
Περίληψη: In recent years, the high-value utilization of lignin and its derivatives have received widespread attention. Sulfonated lignin (SL) is an important functional lignin derivative derived from the sulfonation modification of natural or industrial lignin, which has a wide range of applications in several fields. The structural differences of SL directly determine its characteristics, thereby affecting its performance. Based on analyzing the main structure and physicochemical properties of SL, this article summarizes its main application areas, and focuses on different modification strategies in functional application fields such as adsorbents, dispersants, flocculants, and water-reducing agents. Meanwhile, it reviews the role of Density Functional Theory calculations in investigating the mechanisms of structural modification and performance enhancement of SL. Finally, in view of the current limitations in structural regulation of SL, some new strategies are proposed to achieve precise optimization of its performance.
(Copyright © 2026 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: Functional groups; Molecular structure; Performance; Structural modification; Sulfonated lignin
Substance Nomenclature: 9005-53-2 (Lignin)
0 (Sulfonic Acids)
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20260527 Date Completed: 20260701 Latest Revision: 20260701
Update Code: 20260702
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.152748
PMID: 42202930
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
Περιγραφή
ISSN:1879-0003
DOI:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.152748