Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Katalin Barta, Veronica Calado, Claudia Crestini, Peter J. Deuss, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Fatima Ezzahra Khallouk, Wojciech Krasodomski, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Pia Löser, Michelle Muzzio, Mojgan Nejad, Antonio Ovejero-Pérez, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Camila A. Rezende, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Philipp Schäfer, Sibylle M. K. Schwartmann, Seema Singh, Nicholas J. Westwood, Malin Wohlert, Natasha Wrathall, Yulun Zheng and Shida Zuo
{"title":"Commercially available technical lignins: general discussion","authors":"Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Katalin Barta, Veronica Calado, Claudia Crestini, Peter J. Deuss, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Fatima Ezzahra Khallouk, Wojciech Krasodomski, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Pia Löser, Michelle Muzzio, Mojgan Nejad, Antonio Ovejero-Pérez, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Camila A. Rezende, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Philipp Schäfer, Sibylle M. K. Schwartmann, Seema Singh, Nicholas J. Westwood, Malin Wohlert, Natasha Wrathall, Yulun Zheng and Shida Zuo","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90058A","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90058A","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"263 ","pages":" 358-373"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145888377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Veronica Calado, Isaac Castellan, Claudia Crestini, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Yevgen Karpichev, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Mojgan Nejad, Verónica Nicolau, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Narayanan Rajagopalan, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Michael Schroeter, Nicholas J. Westwood, Malin Wohlert and Yulun Zheng
{"title":"Strategies for compatibilisation of extracted lignin properties with commercial applications: general discussion","authors":"Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Veronica Calado, Isaac Castellan, Claudia Crestini, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Yevgen Karpichev, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Mojgan Nejad, Verónica Nicolau, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Narayanan Rajagopalan, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Michael Schroeter, Nicholas J. Westwood, Malin Wohlert and Yulun Zheng","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90059J","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90059J","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"263 ","pages":" 459-478"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145809061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Katalin Barta, Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Veronica Calado, Isaac Castellan, Claudia Crestini, André M. da Costa Lopes, Peter J. Deuss, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Cynthia Syn Yi Hu, Martin Klajmon, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Mojgan Nejad, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Camila Alves Rezende, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Sibylle M. K. Schwartmann, Massimo Sgarzi, Seema Singh, Raphaela Süss, Nicholas J. Westwood and Ling-Ping Xiao
{"title":"Lignin stabilisation and degradation in lignocellulosic fractionation processes: general discussion","authors":"Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Katalin Barta, Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Veronica Calado, Isaac Castellan, Claudia Crestini, André M. da Costa Lopes, Peter J. Deuss, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Cynthia Syn Yi Hu, Martin Klajmon, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Mojgan Nejad, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Camila Alves Rezende, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Sibylle M. K. Schwartmann, Massimo Sgarzi, Seema Singh, Raphaela Süss, Nicholas J. Westwood and Ling-Ping Xiao","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90057C","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90057C","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"263 ","pages":" 259-280"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145772918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Dimitris S. Argyropoulos, Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx, Veronica Calado, Claudia Crestini, André M. da Costa Lopes, Peter J. Deuss, Lucie Diéval, Juan C. Domínguez, Thomas Elder, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Martin Klajmon, Wojciech Krasodomski, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Zixuan Liu, Jessica Luzardo, Mojgan Nejad, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Narayanan Rajagopalan, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Massimo Sgarzi, Seema Singh, Nicholas J. Westwood and Malin Wohlert
{"title":"Native lignin solvation and extraction: general discussion","authors":"Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Dimitris S. Argyropoulos, Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx, Veronica Calado, Claudia Crestini, André M. da Costa Lopes, Peter J. Deuss, Lucie Diéval, Juan C. Domínguez, Thomas Elder, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Martin Klajmon, Wojciech Krasodomski, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Zixuan Liu, Jessica Luzardo, Mojgan Nejad, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Narayanan Rajagopalan, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Massimo Sgarzi, Seema Singh, Nicholas J. Westwood and Malin Wohlert","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90056E","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90056E","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"263 ","pages":" 138-163"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145772870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
These concluding remarks summarize the Faraday Discussion meeting titled “Polymerisation and depolymerisation chemistry: the second century” held in Oxford, UK in September 2025.
这些结束语总结了法拉第讨论会议题为“聚合和解聚合化学:第二个世纪”于2025年9月在英国牛津举行。
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Rigoberto Advincula, Sophie Barber, Matthew Becker, Antoine Buchard, Frederica Butler, Debashis Chakraborty, Edmund O. Dadge, Elliott H. Denton, Wayne Hayes, Jack Hughes, Gavin Irvine, Philippa L. Jacob, Tanja Junkers, Francesca M. Kerton, Victoria Lohmann, Thom McGuire, Kyoko Nozaki, Rachel K. O'Reilly, Maartje Otten, Rachel H. Platel, Adam Redfearn, Charles Romain, Matt Unthank, Ying Wang and Laihui Xiao
{"title":"Polymerisation processes and computational methods to control structure: general discussion","authors":"Rigoberto Advincula, Sophie Barber, Matthew Becker, Antoine Buchard, Frederica Butler, Debashis Chakraborty, Edmund O. Dadge, Elliott H. Denton, Wayne Hayes, Jack Hughes, Gavin Irvine, Philippa L. Jacob, Tanja Junkers, Francesca M. Kerton, Victoria Lohmann, Thom McGuire, Kyoko Nozaki, Rachel K. O'Reilly, Maartje Otten, Rachel H. Platel, Adam Redfearn, Charles Romain, Matt Unthank, Ying Wang and Laihui Xiao","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90054A","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90054A","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":" 0","pages":" 541-552"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145754818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rigoberto Advincula, Beatrix Bernhardt, Tim Melander Bowden, Antoine Buchard, Carmine Capacchione, Debashis Chakraborty, Henri Cramail, Matthew J. Cullen, Edmund O. Dadge, Elliott H. Denton, Yutan Getzler, Michael Harris, Marc A. Hillmyer, Steve Howdle, Jack Hughes, Jonathan Husband, Derek J. Irvine, Gavin Irvine, Francesca M. Kerton, Christopher M. Kozak, David Hermann Lamparelli, Katja Loos, Mina Mazzeo, Stefan Mecking, Quentin Michaudel, Jerry Mintah, Axel Neffe, Kyoko Nozaki, Rachel H. Platel, Mohammed Mahmudur Rahman, James Railton, Adam Redfearn, Charles Romain, Vincenzo Taresco, Arnaud Thevenon, Ian A. Tonks, Matt Unthank, Charlotte K. Williams and Nathan Wybo
{"title":"Novel feedstocks: general discussion","authors":"Rigoberto Advincula, Beatrix Bernhardt, Tim Melander Bowden, Antoine Buchard, Carmine Capacchione, Debashis Chakraborty, Henri Cramail, Matthew J. Cullen, Edmund O. Dadge, Elliott H. Denton, Yutan Getzler, Michael Harris, Marc A. Hillmyer, Steve Howdle, Jack Hughes, Jonathan Husband, Derek J. Irvine, Gavin Irvine, Francesca M. Kerton, Christopher M. Kozak, David Hermann Lamparelli, Katja Loos, Mina Mazzeo, Stefan Mecking, Quentin Michaudel, Jerry Mintah, Axel Neffe, Kyoko Nozaki, Rachel H. Platel, Mohammed Mahmudur Rahman, James Railton, Adam Redfearn, Charles Romain, Vincenzo Taresco, Arnaud Thevenon, Ian A. Tonks, Matt Unthank, Charlotte K. Williams and Nathan Wybo","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90051D","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90051D","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":" 0","pages":" 169-190"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145740123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The valorisation of lignin, the only high-volume, naturally occurring aromatic biopolymer, represents an essential frontier for the sustainable production of chemicals and materials. However, despite its tremendous potential, lignin still remains the “dark horse” of biorefining – harbouring great promise yet still insufficiently understood. This closing personal perspective summarizes the recent Faraday Discussion on ‘Frontiers in physical chemistry for lignin valorisation’, framing the multidisciplinary efforts required to transition this field into industrial viability. The meeting presented work across four critical domains: fundamental structural understanding, stabilization during extraction and processing, conversion of technical lignins, and strategies for compatibilisation with commercial applications. The discussion reinforced that future success hinges on achieving mastery over several interconnected domains: relating fundamental studies on structure, morphology and reactivity to industrially relevant processing and product development strategies. By leveraging in-depth analytical methods, exercising precise control over supramolecular interactions, understanding structure-reactivity aspects, and maintaining a holistic focus on techno-economics and circularity, we can harness the promise of this important renewable feedstock, establishing lignin’s key role in future bio- and circular-economy strategies.
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Sophie Barber, Matthew Becker, Tim Melander Bowden, Arianna Brandolese, Antoine Buchard, Frederica Butler, Carmine Capacchione, Debashis Chakraborty, Eleanor Trudinger Charnley, Matthew J. Cullen, Edmund O. Dadge, Elliott Denton, Michael Harris, Sonja Herres-Pawlis, Marc A. Hillmyer, Jack Hughes, Francesca M. Kerton, Christopher M. Kozak, Mina Mazzeo, Thom McGuire, Stefan Mecking, Quentin Michaudel, Jerry Mintah, Axel Neffe, Kyoko Nozaki, Rachel H. Platel, Charles Romain, Mrunal Tamhankar, Arnaud Thevenon, Ian A. Tonks, Federica Tufano, Ying Wang, Charlotte K. Williams and Yunqing Zhu
{"title":"Catalysis: general discussion","authors":"Sophie Barber, Matthew Becker, Tim Melander Bowden, Arianna Brandolese, Antoine Buchard, Frederica Butler, Carmine Capacchione, Debashis Chakraborty, Eleanor Trudinger Charnley, Matthew J. Cullen, Edmund O. Dadge, Elliott Denton, Michael Harris, Sonja Herres-Pawlis, Marc A. Hillmyer, Jack Hughes, Francesca M. Kerton, Christopher M. Kozak, Mina Mazzeo, Thom McGuire, Stefan Mecking, Quentin Michaudel, Jerry Mintah, Axel Neffe, Kyoko Nozaki, Rachel H. Platel, Charles Romain, Mrunal Tamhankar, Arnaud Thevenon, Ian A. Tonks, Federica Tufano, Ying Wang, Charlotte K. Williams and Yunqing Zhu","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90052B","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90052B","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":" 0","pages":" 295-310"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145712584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rigoberto Advincula, Sophie Barber, Matthew Becker, Victoria L. Bemmer, Arianna Brandolese, Antoine Buchard, Carmine Capacchione, Debashis Chakraborty, Matthew J. Cullen, Edmund O. Dadge, Katrina Entwistle, Yutan Getzler, Ilaria Grimaldi, Michael Harris, Marc A. Hillmyer, Jack Hughes, Jonathan Husband, Daniel Inglis, Derek J. Irvine, Gavin Irvine, David James, Francesca M. Kerton, Christopher M. Kozak, Victoria Lohmann, Katja Loos, Tim Melander Bowden, Quentin Michaudel, Axel Neffe, Jake L. Nicholson, Karin Odelius, Neen Phan-udom, Rachel H. Platel, James Railton, Adam Redfearn, Muhammad Ghifari Ridwan, Charles Romain, Lloyd Shaw, Arnaud Thevenon, Ian A. Tonks, Alexander Watson, Charlotte K. Williams, Nathan Wybo and Laihui Xiao
{"title":"Closing the loop – the chemistry of depolymerisation, polymer recycling and environmental degradation: general discussion","authors":"Rigoberto Advincula, Sophie Barber, Matthew Becker, Victoria L. Bemmer, Arianna Brandolese, Antoine Buchard, Carmine Capacchione, Debashis Chakraborty, Matthew J. Cullen, Edmund O. Dadge, Katrina Entwistle, Yutan Getzler, Ilaria Grimaldi, Michael Harris, Marc A. Hillmyer, Jack Hughes, Jonathan Husband, Daniel Inglis, Derek J. Irvine, Gavin Irvine, David James, Francesca M. Kerton, Christopher M. Kozak, Victoria Lohmann, Katja Loos, Tim Melander Bowden, Quentin Michaudel, Axel Neffe, Jake L. Nicholson, Karin Odelius, Neen Phan-udom, Rachel H. Platel, James Railton, Adam Redfearn, Muhammad Ghifari Ridwan, Charles Romain, Lloyd Shaw, Arnaud Thevenon, Ian A. Tonks, Alexander Watson, Charlotte K. Williams, Nathan Wybo and Laihui Xiao","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90053K","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90053K","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":" 0","pages":" 432-454"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145699549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}