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N.C. State: Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals
October 19, 2024
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:

Trees are the most abundant natural resource living on Earth's land masses, and North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use them as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum.

Lignin, a polymer that makes trees rigid and resistant to degradation, . . .

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