A comparative study of enzymatically and photochemically polymerized artificial lignin supramolecular structures using environmental scanning electron microscopy

Authors
Micic, M Jeremic, M Radotic, K Leblanc, RM
Citation
M. Micic et al., A comparative study of enzymatically and photochemically polymerized artificial lignin supramolecular structures using environmental scanning electron microscopy, J COLL I SC, 231(1), 2000, pp. 190-194
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00219797 → ACNP
Volume
231
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
190 - 194
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9797(20001101)231:1<190:ACSOEA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Environmental scanning electron microscopy images of the self-assembled str uctures of enzymatically (DHP) and photochemically polymerized (PCP) artifi cial lignin are herein presented. Differences in the structural organizatio n between DHP and PCP polymer at the supramolecular level were reported. Ba sed on topological information, we proposed a hypothesis about possible new physiological roles of lignin in live plant cells and the ecological signi ficance of possible in-vivo photochemical lignin polymerization. (C) 2000 A cademic Press.