Xiaowen Chen

A highly efficient dilute alkali deacetylation and mechanical (disc) refining process for the conversion of renewable biomass to lower cost sugars

Xiaowen Chen, Joseph Shekiro, Thomas Pschorn et al. · Biotechnology for Biofuels · 2014 · 302 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering +15

Sustainable bioplastics derived from renewable natural resources for food packaging

Xianhui Zhao, Ying Wang, Xiaowen Chen et al. · Matter · 2023 · 268 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food Science +16

DMR (deacetylation and mechanical refining) processing of corn stover achieves high monomeric sugar concentrations (230 g L⁻¹) during enzymatic hydrolysis and high ethanol concentrations (>10% v/v) during fermentation without hydrolysate purification or concentration

Xiaowen Chen, Erik M. Kuhn, Edward W. Jennings et al. · Energy & Environmental Science · 2016 · 239 citations · Full text

Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering +4

Base-Catalyzed Depolymerization of Biorefinery Lignins

Rui Katahira, Ashutosh Mittal, Kellene McKinney et al. · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2016 · 220 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering +17

Metabolic engineering of Zymomonas mobilis for 2,3-butanediol production from lignocellulosic biomass sugars

Shihui Yang, Ali Mohagheghi, Mary Ann Franden et al. · Biotechnology for Biofuels · 2016 · 193 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology +17