Love-hate relationship of solvent and water leads to better biomass breakup, by Kimberly A Askey – Phys.Org

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Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron scattering and supercomputing to better understand how an organic solvent and water work together to break down plant biomass, creating a pathway to significantly improve the production of renewable biofuels and bioproducts.

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