Pre-Symposium Topics – Monday, June 2
Organized by Professor Ting-Feng Yeh (NC State University) with two teams from NC State University and BOKU University (Austria).
- Lignin structure, biosynthesis and reactions ( 9 a.m. – noon)
- 9:00 – 9:50 a.m.
Lignin structure and heterogeneity - 10:00 – 10:50 a.m.
Lignification of cell walls - 11:00 – 11:50 a.m.
Reactions of lignin under acidic and alkali conditions
- 9:00 – 9:50 a.m.
- Lignin analysis with various techniques (1-5 p.m.)
- 1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
Purification, fractionation and separation - 2:00 – 2:50 p.m.
Direct analysis of processing liquid - 3:00 – 3:50 p.m.
Wet-chemical, chromatographic and spectroscopic analysis - 4:00 – 4:50 p.m.
Fast analytical approaches and chemometrics
- 1:00 – 1:50 p.m.