Institute of Functional Materials for Sustainability, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Kantstrasse 55, 14513 Teltow, Germany.
Laboratory of Polymers and Biomaterials, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jul 19;24(14):11668. doi: 10.3390/ijms241411668.
At a time when environmental considerations are increasingly pushing for the application of circular economy concepts in materials science, lignin stands out as an under-used but promising and environmentally benign building block. This review focuses (A) on understanding what we mean with lignin, i.e., where it can be found and how it is produced in plants, devoting particular attention to the identity of lignols (including ferulates that are instrumental for integrating lignin with cell wall polysaccharides) and to the details of their coupling reactions and (B) on providing an overview how lignin can actually be employed as a component of materials in healthcare and energy applications, finally paying specific attention to the use of lignin in the development of organic shape-memory materials.
在环境因素日益推动循环经济理念在材料科学中应用的时代，木质素作为一种未得到充分利用但具有广阔前景且环境友好的建筑模块脱颖而出。本综述重点关注：（A）理解木质素的含义，即木质素的来源及其在植物中的产生方式，特别关注木质素醇的特性（包括对木质素与细胞壁多糖结合至关重要的阿魏酸）及其偶联反应的细节；（B）概述木质素如何实际用作医疗保健和能源应用材料的组成部分，最后特别关注木质素在有机形状记忆材料开发中的应用。
