Xianzhi Meng

Best Publications

• The critical role of lignin in lignocellulosic biomass conversion and recent pretreatment strategies: A comprehensive review.

  Chang Geun Yoo;Xianzhi Meng;Yunqiao Pu;Arthur J. Ragauskas

  688
  Citations

• Miscanthus: a fast-growing crop for biofuels and chemicals production

  Nicolas Brosse;Anthony Dufour;Xianzhi Meng;Qining Sun

  583
  Citations

• Recent advances in understanding the role of cellulose accessibility in enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic substrates.

  Xianzhi Meng;Arthur Jonas Ragauskas

  479
  Citations

• Determination of hydroxyl groups in biorefinery resources via quantitative 31P NMR spectroscopy

  Xianzhi Meng;Claudia Crestini;Haoxi Ben;Naijia Hao

  466
  Citations

• Lignin-enzyme interaction: A roadblock for efficient enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosics

  Caoxing Huang;Xiao Jiang;Xiaojun Shen;Jinguang Hu

  393
  Citations

• Recent advances in understanding the pseudo-lignin formation in a lignocellulosic biorefinery

  Somnath D. Shinde;Xianzhi Meng;Rajeev Kumar;Rajeev Kumar;Arthur J. Ragauskas

  372
  Citations

• The effect of alkaline pretreatment methods on cellulose structure and accessibility.

  Garima Bali;Xianzhi Meng;Jacob I. Deneff;Qining Sun

  225
  Citations

• Effective biomass fractionation and lignin stabilization using a diol DES system

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  199
  Citations

• Insights into the effect of dilute acid, hot water or alkaline pretreatment on the cellulose accessible surface area and the overall porosity of Populus

  Xianzhi Meng;Tyrone Wells;Qining Sun;Fang Huang

  192
  Citations

• Effects of organosolv and ammonia pretreatments on lignin properties and its inhibition for enzymatic hydrolysis

  Chang Geun Yoo;Mi Li;Xianzhi Meng;Yunqiao Pu

  188
  Citations

• Effect of lignin content on changes occurring in poplar cellulose ultrastructure during dilute acid pretreatment

  Qining Sun;Marcus Foston;Xianzhi Meng;Daisuke Sawada

  176
  Citations

• Diol pretreatment to fractionate a reactive lignin in lignocellulosic biomass biorefineries

  Chengyu Dong;Xianzhi Meng;Chi Shun Yeung;Ho Yin Tse

  173
  Citations

• Effects of the advanced organosolv pretreatment strategies on structural properties of woody biomass

  Xianzhi Meng;Samarthya Bhagia;Yunxuan Wang;Yang Zhou

  153
  Citations

• Determination of porosity of lignocellulosic biomass before and after pretreatment by using Simons' stain and NMR techniques.

  Xianzhi Meng;Marcus Foston;Johannes Leisen;Jaclyn DeMartini

  150
  Citations

• An In-Depth Understanding of Biomass Recalcitrance Using Natural Poplar Variants as the Feedstock.

  Xianzhi Meng;Yunqiao Pu;Chang Geun Yoo;Mi Li

  141
  Citations

• Investigation of a Lignin-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent Using p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid for Efficient Woody Biomass Conversion

  Yunxuan Wang;Xianzhi Meng;Keunhong Jeong;Shuya Li

  134
  Citations

• The effect of liquid hot water pretreatment on the chemical–structural alteration and the reduced recalcitrance in poplar

  Mi Li;Shilin Cao;Shilin Cao;Xianzhi Meng;Michael Hans-Peter Studer;Michael Hans-Peter Studer;Michael Hans-Peter Studer

  133
  Citations

• Synthesis, Characterization, and Utilization of a Lignin-Based Adsorbent for Effective Removal of Azo Dye from Aqueous Solution

  Xianzhi Meng;Brent Scheidemantle;Mi Li;Yun-yan Wang

  127
  Citations

• NMR a critical tool to study the production of carbon fiber from lignin

  Marcus Foston;Grady A. Nunnery;Xianzhi Meng;Qining Sun

  120
  Citations

• Chemical Transformations of Poplar Lignin during Cosolvent Enhanced Lignocellulosic Fractionation Process

  Xianzhi Meng;Aakash Parikh;Bhogeswararao Seemala;Rajeev Kumar

  113
  Citations