This book presents the aspects of cellulose obtained in correlation with its integration into the new concept of biorefining. The authors detail the individual steps of pulp manufacture as well as properties and fiber characterization techniques for paper, cellulose derivatives and processing by-products. This book is of interest to scientists and advanced students working in the fields of renewable resources and biorefining.

Biomass as Renewable Raw Material to Obtain Bioproducts of High-tech Value examines the use of biomass as a raw material, including terrestrial and aquatic sources to obtain extracts (e.g. polyphenols), biofuels, and/or intermediates (furfural, levulinates) through chemical and biochemical processes. The book also covers the production of natural polymers using biomass and the biosynthetic process, cellulose modified by biochemical and chemical methods, and other biochemicals that can be used in the synthesis of various pharmaceuticals. Featuring case studies, discussions of sustainability, and nanomedical, biomedical, and pharmaceutical applications, Biomass as Renewable Raw Material to Obtain Bioproducts of High-tech Value is a crucial resource for biotechnologists, biochemical engineers, biochemists, microbiologists, and research students in these areas, as well as entrepreneurs, policy makers, stakeholders, and politicians.

It is well known that cellulose is a very important and fascinating biopolymer, and an almost inexhaustible and renewable raw material. The trend towards these kind of resources and the tailoring of innovative products for science, medicine, and technology has led to a global renaissance of interdisciplinary cellulose research and the increased use of this abundant organic polymer over the last decade. This book presents fundamental and practical applications in the field of allomorphs of cellulose. It performs both a systematisation of the no elucidated elements in classical representations and the current hypotheses of the supramolecular organisation of cellulose allomorphs.