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Topochemical characterization of sugar cane pretreated with alkaline sulfite

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Autor(es):
Mendes, Fernanda M. [1] ; Heikkila, Elina [2] ; Fonseca, Mariana B. [1] ; Milagres, Adriane M. F. [1] ; Ferraz, Andre [1] ; Fardim, Pedro [2]
Número total de Autores: 6
Afiliação do(s) autor(es):
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Escola Engn Lorena, Dept Biotecnol, BR-12602810 Lorena, SP - Brazil
[2] Abo Akad Univ, Lab Fibre & Cellulose Technol, FI-20500 Turku - Finland
Número total de Afiliações: 2
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS; v. 69, p. 60-67, JUL 2015.
Citações Web of Science: 12
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Biomass pretreatments and subsequent conversion to fuels and materials involve a multitude of topochemical interactions. Detailed knowledge about changes in surface composition of biomass caused by pretreatments allows tailoring of biomass processing steps to advance hydrolysis of polysaccharides to monomers. In this work, sugar cane internodes selected from experimental hybrid plants with varied chemical composition were treated with the alkali-sulfite process (ASP). A combination of Xray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), time-of-flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) were used to evaluate the topochemical changes occurring during the pretreatment step. The chemical treatment caused intense delignification and morphological changes on the sugar cane fiber surfaces. FE-SEM indicated that the fibers from rind regions and especially from the pith-rind interface showed collapsed cell walls with grooved appearance after partial delignification. The surface coverage of carbohydrates and lignin increased and decreased after ASP, respectively, as showed by XPS and ToF-SIMS. Inorganic components such as calcium and magnesium were washed out and partially redistributed over the fiber surfaces. Our results indicated that surface lignin was dissolved during the pretreatment while surface hemicelluloses were exposed or relocated. This information can be useful to design of different mixtures of enzymes to be used after pretreatments to hydrolyse polysaccharides to monomers. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 11/08826-0 - Caracterização ultraestrutural e hidrólise enzimática de cana-de-açúcar e bagaço pré-tratados quimio-mecanicamente
Beneficiário:Fernanda Machado Mendes Carvalho
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
Processo FAPESP: 11/50535-2 - Análise micro-espectrofotométrica aplicada ao estudo da recalcitrância em materiais lignocelulósicos
Beneficiário:Andre Luis Ferraz
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
Processo FAPESP: 08/56256-5 - Topochemistry, porosity and chemical composition determining successful enzymatic sacarification of sugarcane bagasse
Beneficiário:Adriane Maria Ferreira Milagres
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOEN - Temático