Melvin P. Tucker

Visualizing lignin coalescence and migration through maize cell walls following thermochemical pretreatment

Bryon S. Donohoe, Stephen R. Decker, Melvin P. Tucker et al. · Biotechnology and Bioengineering · 2008 · 673 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Plant Sciences +15

Deposition of Lignin Droplets Produced During Dilute Acid Pretreatment of Maize Stems Retards Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose

Michael J. Selig, Sridhar Viamajala, Stephen R. Decker et al. · Biotechnology Progress · 2007 · 494 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biocatalysis +12

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

Two-Stage Dilute-Acid Pretreatment of Softwoods

Quang Anh Nguyen, Melvin P. Tucker, Fred A. Keller et al. · Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology · 2000 · 268 citations

Life Sciences, Forestry, Forest Operations +7

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