'Mini-cellulose' molecule unlocks biofuel chemistry
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 18:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Chemical engineers have discovered a small molecule that behaves the same as cellulose when it is converted to biofuel. Studying this "mini-cellulose" molecule reveals for the first time the chemical reactions that take place in wood and prairie grasses during high-temperature conversion to biofuel.