Publications

Google Scholar Citations:

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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

2026

• Peter K. Karoki, Christian O. Kemefa, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, Mairui Zhang, Soyeon Jeong, Chang Geun Yoo, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Lignin-based non-isocyanate polyurethanes: towards sustainable polyurethanes (2026) Green Chemistry, Accepted (https://doi.org/10.1039/D5GC04066C)

• Rachel Day, Nara Han, Sushil Adhikari, Jeong Jae Wie, Chang Geun Yoo, Xianhui Zhao, Erin Webb, Soydan Ozcan, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Yunqiao Pu, Biochar-polymer composites for 3D printing: a review (2026) Biochar, Accepted 

2025

• Gustavo R. Gomes, Yunxuan Wang, Haehyun Min, Chang Geun Yoo, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, Carlos Driemeier, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Transforming condensed residual lignin into hydrocarbons using CuPMO/ethanol hydrodeoxygenation (2025) Chemical Engineering Journal, 171074 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.171074)

• Juhyeon Kim, Jiae Ryu, Qiang Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon, A population balance model for lignin: Tracking molecular weights, S/G ratio, and bond compositions (2025) Chemical Engineering Journal, 170474 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.170474) 

• Anqi Ji, Samarthya Bhagia, Nara Han, Kwang Ho Kim, Gyu Leem, Nidia C. Gallego, Shuyang Zhang, Kai Li, Soydan Ozcan, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Chang Geun Yoo, Effects of chemical composition and physicochemical properties of poplar biomass on the performance of 3D printed poplar-reinforced PLA materials (2025) RSC Sustainability, 3, 4478-4491 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SU00327J) [Journal Back Cover]

• Anqi Ji, Nara Han, Shuyang Zhang, Soya Pearson, Xianhui Zhao, Santosh Thapa, Bishnu Karki, Seoku Lee, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Diwakar Vyas, Deepak Kumar, Jeong Jae Wie, Chang Geun Yoo, Utilization of hemp processing waste for 3D printing of biocomposites (2025) Waste and Biomass Valorization (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-025-03314-z)

• Supongsenla Ao, Shuyang Zhang, Peter K. Karoki, Rohit Kousika, Gabriel A. Goenaga-Jimenez, Tyler McCoy, Wei Wang, Nara Han, Chang Geun Yoo, Chandrakanta Guchhait, Bimalendu Adhikari, Xianzhi Meng, Thomas A. Zawodzinski, Samuel Lalthazuala Rokhum, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Design and synthesis of biobased superhydrophobic biochar catalyst derived from Citrus sinensis for biodiesel production using inedible oil feedstocks (2025) Green Chemistry, 27, 13789- (https://doi.org/10.1039/D5GC03788C)

• Danni Xie, Minsheng Lin, Chang Geun Yoo, Qiang Yang, Mild-condition fractionation of lignocellulose into carbohydrates and water-soluble lignin (2025) Biomass and Bioenergy, 203, 108281 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2025.108281)

• Xirun Zhao, Gaojin Lyu, Chang Geun Yoo, Zhen Wang, Jiachuan Chen, Magnetically recyclable vanadium-substituted phosphotungstic acid in deep eutectic solvent for effective wheat straw fractionation (2025) Green Chemistry, 27, 10889-10903 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D5GC02476E) 

• Soyeon Jeong, Mairui Zhang, Xianzhi Meng, Yunxuan Wang, Brent Scheidemantle, Baowen Zhang, Haehyun Min, Anqi Ji, Paul Crovella, Charles M. Cai, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Chang Geun Yoo, Properties and performance of lignin-based polyurethane foams from lignin and castor oil as synergistic bio-polyols (2025) Chemical Engineering Journal, 166159 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.166159)

• Jinhua Ding, Shu Yang, Xianzhi Meng, Chang Geun Yoo, Luna Liang, Naijia Hao, Yunqiao Pu, Chongwen Yu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Borate-assisted alkaline extraction of hemicellulose from switchgrass with enhanced structural stability and purity (2025) International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 146180 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.146180)

• Maria Lauren, Nara Han, Chang Geun Yoo, Keunhong Jeong, Bonwook Koo, Kwang Ho Kim, Novel biorefinery approach through a biocompatible deep eutectic solvent-mediated one-pot mechanochemical conversion (2025) Energy & Fuels, 39 (30) 14645-14653 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c02955)

• Jiae Ryu, Keunhong Jeong, Chaehwi Yoon, Yunxuan Wang, Zitong He, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Gyu Leem, Min Bum Park, Kwang Ho Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, Turning the properties of lignin-derived deep eutectic solvents for biomass processing (2025) ChemSusChem, e202500701 (https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202500701)

• Mairui Zhang, Yang Liao, Nara Han, Seoku Lee, Gyu Leem, Kwang Ho Kim, Xuejun Pan, Jeong Jae Wie, Chang Geun Yoo, Upcycling Industrial Biomass Wastes Into Aerogels Using Zinc Chloride Salt Hydrates (2025) Advanced Sustainable Systems, 9 (4) 202400688 (https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202400688) [Journal Front Cover]

• Rongrong Zhang, Zhaoyun Lin, Gaojin Lyu, Rui Zhao, Xinrui Wang, Zhen Wang, Chang Geun Yoo, Synergistic integration of redox-active nanoparticles and hierarchical porosity for high-performance osmotic energy harvesting in cellulose-based membranes (2025) Chemical Engineering Journal, 165851(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.165851)

• Daehwan Kim, Erica Correll, Elisha Kabongo, Soyeon Jeong, Chang Geun Yoo, Enzymatic hydrolysis of soybean hull without pretreatment and its enhancement of bioethanol production using xylose-fermenting Escherichia coli (FBR5) (2025) Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite, 17 (2) 38126 (https://doi.org/10.31083/FBE38126) 

• Mairui Zhang, Linjing Jia, Mi Li, Chang Geun Yoo, Haixin Peng, Shubhangi Arvelli, Jikai Zhao, Challenges and perspectives in lignin-derived polyurethane foam synthesis (2025) Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2401054 (https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202401054)

• Haehyun Min, Ye Jin, Hui Won Choi, Yangguen Ju, Huijeong Hwang, Jin-Ho Yoon, Chang Geun Yoo, Young Jin Kim, Sung Bong Kang, Superior catalytic activity for dry reforming of methane: Ni-incorporated in silica supports by framework ligands (2025) Journal of Cleaner Production, 501, 145269 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145269) 

• Piumi Jayalath, Kalyani Ananthakrishnan, Soyeon Jeong, Reshma Panackal Shibu, Marui Zhang, Deepak Kumar, Chang Geun Yoo, Julia L. Sharmshina, Obste Therasme, Bio-based polyurethane materials: Technical, environmental, and economic insights (2025) Processes, 13 (5) 1591 (https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13051591) 

• Mengyao Xia, Chen Wu, Weikun Jiang, Jiankang Liu, Chao Wang, Shiwei Liu, Chang Geun Yoo, Yu Liu, Gaojin Lyu, The preparation of resin-based hollow/curved structured carbon nanospheres and their application as supercapacitor electrodes (2025) Journal of Power Sources, 633, 236371 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.236371)

• Shuya Li, Udani K. Wijethunga, Chun Chu, Saerona Kim, Weiwei Zheng, Benjamin D. Sherman, Chang Geun Yoo, Seunghyun Lee, Gyu Leem, Photoinduced Hydrogen Atom Transfer Catalysis with Ruthenium Polypyridyl Coated TiO2 Nanoparticles for Selective C–C Bond Cleavage in a Lignin Model Compound (2025) ACS Catalysis, 15, 4460-4467 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c04934)

2024

• Minjung Kim, Young A Lee, Jie Wu, Hyeyun Kim, Ja Kyong Ko, Myoung-Woon Moon, Chang Geun Yoo, Keunhong Jeong, Kwang Ho Kim, Fabrication of hydrophobic lignin-based films through tandem chemical modification and plasma treatment (2024) ACS Applied Polymer Materials,7 (1), 503-511 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c03574)

• Tingjun Chen, Xuelian Zhou, Yunni Zhan, Jinyuan Cheng, Caoxing Huang, Chang Geun Yoo, Guigan Fang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Xianzhi Meng, Chen Huang, Modification of condensed lignin by deep eutectic solvents: Insight into the mechanism of improving the enzymatic saccharification (2024) ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 12 (52) 18555-18565 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c05937)

• Juhyeon Kim, Jiae Ryu, Qiang Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon, Real-time model predictive control of lignin properties using an accelerated kMC framework with artificial neural networks (2024) Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63 (48) 20978-20988 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c02918) 

• Haehyun Min, Ye Jin Ji, Do Yeong Kim, Yangguen Ju, Chang Geun Yoo, Young Jin Kim, Sung Bong Kang, Steering catalytic property and reactivity of Ni/SiO2 by functionalized silica for dry reforming of methane (2024) Applied Surface Science Advances, 24, 100663 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsadv.2024.100663) 

• Rongrong Zhang, Zhen Wang, Rui Zhao, Zhaoyun Lin, Chang Geun Yoo, Guihua Yang, Jiachuan Chen, Gaojin Lyu, Construction of cellulose 3D network composite membrane supported by hydroxylated boron nitride with high surface charge density to achieve high-efficiency osmotic energy harvesting (2024) Chemical Engineering Journal, 500, 157000 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.157000) 

• Mairui Zhang, Soyeon Jeong, Woongbi Cho, Jiae Ryu, Baowen Zhang, Paul Crovella, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Jeong Jae Wie, Chang Geun Yoo, Green co-solvent-assisted one-pot synthesis of high-performance flexible lignin polyurethane foam (2024) Chemical Engineering Journal, 499, 156142 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.156142)

• Jiae Ryu, Mairui Zhang, Yunxuan Wang, Ruoqian Li, Kwang Ho Kim, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Gyu Leem, Min Bum Park, Chang Geun Yoo, Impacts of hydrogen bond donor structures in phenolic aldehyde deep eutectic solvents on pretreatment efficiency (2024) Energy & Fuels, 38 (17) 16441-16450 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c02301) [Supplementary Journal Cover]

• Hanseob Jeong, Jun Beom Park, Da Hae Oh, Chang Geun Yoo, Keunhong Jeong, Kwang Ho Kim, Comparative analysis of catalytic hydrogenolysis of technical lignins and lignin model compounds (2024) Energy & Fuels, 38 (18) 17717-17725 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c03293) 

• Trang Vu Thien Nguyen, Saerona Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, Joon Weon Choi, Gyu Leem, Yong Hwan Kim, Lignin peroxidase-catalyzed selective cleavage of C-C bonds in lignin at room temperature (2024) ACS Catalysis, 14 (15) 11733-11740 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c03469) 

• Xirun Zhao, Gaojin Lyu, Xia Meng, Yue Liu, Zhen Wang, Chang Geun Yoo, Novel ternary deep eutectic solvent fractionation for effective utilization of willow (2024) Bioresource Technology, 407, 131148 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131148) 

• Yunxuan Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Austin J. Conte, Manjula Senanayake, Yunqiao Pu, Chang Geun Yoo, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Investigation of Cyrene organosolv fractionation of softwood biomass and alkaline post-incubation (2024) Chemical Engineering Journal, 153024 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153046)

• Lan Yao, Rui Wang, Chang Geun Yoo, Yuhang Zhang, Xianzhi Meng, Wei Liu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Haitao Yang, Visualization of lignification in flax stems cell walls with novel click-compatible monolignol analogs (2024) Frontiers in Plant Science, 15: 1423072 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1423072) 

• Jinyuan Cheng, Xuelian Zhou, Yunni Zhan, Caoxing Huang, Chang Geun Yoo, Xianzhi Meng, Guigan Fang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Chen Huang,  Low-chromophore lignin isolation from natural biomass with polyol-based deep eutectic solvents (2024) Green Chemistry, 26, 8298-8314 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D4GC01824A)

• Shilin Chen, Dafeng Zheng, Qiulan Cen, Chang Geun Yoo, Lei Zhong, Dongjie Yang, Xueqing Qiu, Multifunctional super-hydrophilic MXene/biomass composite aerogel evaporator for efficient solar-driven desalination and wastewater treatment (2024) Small, 20 (35) 2400603 (https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202400603) 

• Chi Ho Lee, Juhyeon Kim, Jiae Ryu, Wangyun Won, Chang Geun Yoo, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon, Lignin structure dynamics: Advanced real-time molecular sensing strategies (2024) Chemical Engineering Journal, 487, 150680 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.150680) 

• Haitao Yang, Mengzhen Chai, Chang Geun Yoo, Jie Yuan, Xianzhi Meng, Lan Yao, Role of lignin in synergistic digestibility improvement of wheat straw by novel alkaline deep eutectic solvent and tetrahydrofuran pretreatment (2024) Bioresource Technology, 397, 130460 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130460)

• Shuyang Zhang, Anqi Ji, Xianzhi Meng, Samarthya Bhagia, Chang Geun Yoo, David P. Harper, Xianhui Zhao, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Structure-property relationship between lignin structures and properties of 3D-printed lignin composites (2024) Composites Science and Technology, 110487 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2024.110487)

• Shuyang Zhang, Xianzhi Meng, Samarthya Bhagia, Anqi Ji, Micholas Dean Smith, Yun-yan Wang, Bo Liu, Chang Geun Yoo, David P. Harper, Arthur J. Ragauskas, 3D printed lignin/polymer composite with enhanced mechanical and anti-thermal-aging performance (2024) Chemical Engineering Journal, 148449 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.148449) 

• Soyeon Jeong, Jiae Ryu, Qiang Yang, J. Y. Zhu, Chang Geun Yoo, Recent advances in hydrotropic solvent systems for lignocellulosic biomass utilization (2024) Green Chemistry, 26, 1806-1830 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC03309K) [Journal Inside Back Cover] 

• Sungjoon Kweon, Yun Hye Cho, Jun Seong Park, Jiae Ryu, Chang Geun Yoo, Hyung-Ki Min, Min Bum Park, Nickel silicate MFI-type zeolite catalyst prepared by interzeolite transformation: Tailoring the catalytic active sites for glucose conversion (2024) Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12, 20894-20909 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA02147A) [Journal Back Cover]

• Juhyeon Kim, Silabrata Pahari, Jiae Ryu, Mairui Zhang, Qiang Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon, Advancing biomass fractionation with real-time prediction of lignin content and MWd: A kMC-based multiscale model for optimized lignin extraction (2024) Chemical Engineering Journal, 147226 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147226) 

• Jinyuan Cheng, Xuze Liu, Yunni Zhan, Jia Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Xuelian Zhou, Chang Geun Yoo, Caoxing Huang, Chen Huang, Guigan Fang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Efficient fast fractionation of biomass using a diol-based deep eutectic solvent for facilitating enzymatic hydrolysis and obtaining high-quality lignin (2024) ChemSusChem, 17 (8), e202301161 (https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202301161)

• Yanping Hao, Jiao Li, Chao Wang, Weikun Jiang, Xianhai Zeng, Chang Geun Yoo, Guihua Yang, Xingxiang Ji, Gaojin Lyu, Fish scale biomimetic multifunctional antifreeze organogel for flexible strain sensor applications (2024) ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 6 (1), 141-153 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c01755)

2023

• Mengyao Xia, Weikun Jiang, Chen Wu, Chao Wang, Chang Geun Yoo, Yu Liu, Gaojin Lyu, Tannin-assisted synthesis of nanocomposites loaded with silver nanoparticles and their multifunctional applications (2023) Biomacromolecules, 24 (11), 5194-5206. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00737)

• Yunxuan Wang, Jiae Ryu, Kwang Ho Kim, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, Yang Tian, Aymerick Eudes, Gyu Leem, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Chang Geun Yoo, Investigation of the effects of ternary deep eutectic solvent composition on pretreatment of sorghum stover (2023) AIChE Journal, e18227 (https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.18227) 

• Zhenrong Tan, Chang Geun Yoo, Dongjie Yang, Weifeng Liu, Xueqing Qiu, and Dafeng Zheng, "Rigid-flexible" anisotropic biomass-derived aerogels with superior mechanical properties for oil recovery and thermal insulation (2023) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 42080-42093. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c07713)

• Shaocong Yang, Zhen Wang, Pingping Li, Xinrui Wang, Liangyu Li, Chang Geun Yoo, Guihua Yang, Jiachuan Chen, Gaojin Lyu, Developing of CuXSnSO@GO aerogels used as highly efficient catalysts for cellulose transform to lactic acid under the synergy of Cu-Sn thermocatalysis and photocatalysis processes (2023) Chemical Engineering Journal, 145716 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.145716)

• Jingshun Zhuang, Saerona Kim, Mairui Zhang, Jiae Ryu, Jeeranan Nonkumwong, Laongnuan Srisombat, Kwang Ho Kim, Jeong Jae Wie, Gyu Leem, and Chang Geun Yoo, MgFe2O4 Nanoparticle/Peracetic Acid Hybrids for Catalytic Oxidative Depolymerization of Lignin (2023) ACS Applied Nano Materials, (6) 12, 10758-10767 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c01910) [Supplementary Cover] 

• Saebohm Jhang, Woongbi Cho, Seo Ku Lee, Ah Ran Yu, Jae Gyeong Lee, Kyungho Jung, Yunqiao Pu, Chang Geun Yoo, and Jeong Jae Wie, Functional group effect of chemically modified microcrystalline methyl cellulose on thermoplastic polyurethane composite (2023) Cellulose, 30, 6917-6931 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-023-05335-0)

• Lan Yao, Mengzhen Chai, Pingping Cui, Chang Geun Yoo, Jie Yuan, Xianzhi Meng, and Haitao Yang, Mechanism of enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis performance by ethanol assisted deep eutectic solvent pretreatment - from the perspective of lignin (2023) Bioresource Technology, 385 129461 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129461) 

• Jinyuan Cheng, Chen Huang, Yunni Zhan, Xuze Liu, Caoxing Huang, Tingjun Chen, Xianzhi Meng, Chang Geun Yoo, Guigan Fang, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Novel biphasic DES/GVL solvent for effective biomass fractionation and valorization (2023) Green Chemistry, 25, 6270-6281 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC01021J) [2023 Green Chemistry Hot Articles]

• Anindita Paul, Linjing Jia, Erica L.-W. Majumder, Chang Geun Yoo, Karthik Rajendran, Esteban Villarreal, and Deepak Kumar, Poly(3-hydroxybuyrate) production from industrial hemp waste pretreated with a chemical-free hydrothermal process (2023) Bioresource Technology, 381 129161 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129161)

• Zhishang Ye, Lan Yao, Chang Geun Yoo, Wei Liu, Xianzhi Meng, YanXiong, Haitao Yang, Synthesis of novel lignin model compounds labeled with alkynyl and their potential application (2023) New Journal of Chemistry, 47, 19838-19841 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ03702A) 

• Silabrata Pahari, Juhyeon Kim, Hyun-Kyu Choi, Mairui Zhang, Anqi Ji, Chang Geun Yoo, and Joseph Sang-Il Kwon, Multiscale kinetic modeling of biomass fractioination in an experiment: Understanding individual reaction mechanisms and cellulose degradation (2023) Chemical Engineering Journal, 467, 143021 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.143021)

• Saerona Kim, Hyeong Cheol Kang, Chun Chu, Shuya Li, Kicheon Yoo, Udani Kaushalya Wijethunga, Weiwei Zheng, Chang Geun Yoo, Benjamin D. Sherman, Jae-Joon Lee, and Gyu Leem, Solar energy driven C-C bond cleavage in a lignin model compound with a D-π–A organic dye-sensitized photoanode (2023) Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 7, 2339-2348 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SE00194F) [Journal Front Cover]

• Nathan Bryant, Jin Zhang, Kai Feng, Mengjun Shu, Raphael Ployet, Jin-Gui Chen, Wellington Muchero, Chang Geun Yoo, Timothy Tschaplinski, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Novel candidate genes for lignin structure identified through genome-wide association study of naturally varying Populus trichocarpa (2023) Frontiers in Plant Science, 14:1153113 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1153113)

• Shilin Chen, Chang Geun Yoo, Dongjie Yang, Xueqing Qiu, and Dafeng Zheng, Multifunctional lignin-mediated biomass hybrid aerogel with plasmon-enhanced solar-driven desalination and swage purificaiton (2023) Desalination, 556 (15), 116572 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.116572)

• Jinyuan Cheng, Chen Huang, Yunni Zhan, Xuze Liu, Jia Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Chang Geun Yoo, Guigan Fang, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, A high-solid DES pretreatment using never-dried biomass as the starting material: towards high-quality lignin fractionation (2023) Green Chemistry, 25, 1571-1581 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC04595H)

• Tae Hoon Kim, Seung Hyeon Park, Seoku Lee, A.V.S.L. Sai Bharadwaj, Yang Soo Lee, Chang Geun Yoo, and Tae Hyun Kim, A review of biomass-derived UV-shielding materials for bio-composites (2023) Energies, 16, 2231 (https:// doi.org/10.3390/en16052231) 

• Jinyuan Cheng, Yunni Zhan, Xuze Liu, Chen Huang, Xuelian Zhou, Jia Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Chang Geun Yoo, Guigan Fang, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, One-pot generation of lignin microspheres and digestible substrate with a polyol-DES pretreatment in high solid loading (2023) Journal of Cleaner Production, 394, 136322 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136322)    

• A.V.S.L. Sai Bharadwaj, Subhabrata Dev, Jingshun Zhuang, Yunxuan Wang, Chang Geun Yoo, Byong-Hun Jeon, Srijan Aggarwal, Seung Hyun Park, and Tae Hyun Kim, Review of chemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass using low-liquid and low-chemical catalysts for effective bioconversion (2023) Bioresource Technology, 368, 128339 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128339) 

• Xianzhi Meng, Yunxuan Wang, Austin J. Conte, Shuyang Zhang, Jiae Ryu, Jeong Jae Wie, Yunqiao Pu, Brian H. Davison, Chang Geun Yoo, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Applications of biomass-derived solvents in biomass pretreatment – Strategies, challenges, and prospects (2023) Bioresource Technology, 368, 128280 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128280)

• Shuya Li, Seongsu Park, Benjamin D. Sherman, Chang Geun Yoo, and Gyu Leem, Photoelectrochemical approaches for the conversion of lignin at room temperature (2023) Chemical Communications, 59, 401-413 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC05491D)

• Jie Dong, Daehwan Kim, and Chang Geun Yoo, Editorial:  Biochemical/biomaterial production from lignocellulosic biomass (2023) Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 5:1266904 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fceng.2023.1266904)  

• Chao Xie, Zupeng Chen, Chang Geun Yoo, Xiaojun Shen, Qidong Hou, and Leslie Boudesocque-Delaye, Editorial: The application of green chemistry in biomass valorization: green route, green catalyst and green solvent (2023) Frontiers in Chemistry, 11:1277256 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2023.1277256)

2022

• Daehwan Kim, Anqi Ji, Armoni L. Jackson, Bailee Brown, Youngmi Kim, Sun Mi Kim, Craig Laufer, Drew Ferrier, Chang Geun Yoo, Inhibition of cellulase activity by liquid hydrolysates from hydrothermally pretreated soybean straw (2022) Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 4:1004240 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fceng.2022.1004240) 

• Jingshun Zhuang, Chao Liu, Yuanyuan Xia, Youming Li, Yi Hou, Chang Geun Yoo, Synergistic effects of peracetic acid and oxalic acid on structural transformation of eucalyptus and its conversion (2022) Industrial Crops and Products, 188, 115530 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115530)

• Yanping Hao, Chao Wang, Weikun Jiang, Chang Geun Yoo, Xingxiang Ji, Guihua Yang, Jiachuan Chen, and Gaojin Lyu, Lignin-silver triggered multifunctional conductive hydrogels for skinlike sensor applications (2022) International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 221, 1282-1293 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.09.113)

• Kwang Ho Kim, Yaseen Mottiar, Keunhong Jeong, Phuong Hoang Nguyen Tran, Ngoc Tuan Tran, Jingshun Zhuang, Chang Soo Kim, Hyunjoo Lee, Gyeongtaek Gong, Ja Kyong Ko, Sun-Mi Lee, So Young Kim, Ji Yeon Shin, Hanseob Jeong, Hyun Kyu Song, Chang Geun Yoo, Nak-Kyoon Kim, and Shawn Mansfield, One-pot conversion of engineered poplar into biochemicals and biofuels using biocompatible deep eutectic solvents (2022) Green Chemistry, 24, 9055-9068 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC02774G) [Journal Back Cover]

• Yue Liu, Lei Zhong, Chao Wang, Guihua Yang, Jiachunan Chen, Chang Geun Yoo, Gaojin Lyu, Synergistic effects of heteropoly acids and sulfolane on fractionation and utilization of willow (2022) Industrial Crops and Products, 188, 115712 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115712)

• Chen Huang, Jinyuan Cheng, Yunni Zhan, Xuze Liu, Jia Wang, Yunxuan Wang, Chang Geun Yoo, Guigan Fang, Xianzhi Meng, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Xueping Song, Utilization of guaiacol-based deep eutectic solvent for achieving a sustainable biorefinery (2022) Bioresource Technology, 127771 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127771)

• Jinyuan Cheng, Chen Huang, Yunni Zhan, Shamming Han, Jia Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Chang Geun Yoo, Guigan Fang, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Effective biomass fractionation and lignin stabilization using a diol DES system (2022) Chemical Engineering Journal, 443, 136395 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.136395)

• Jingshun Zhuang, Kwang Ho Kim, Linjing Jia, Xianzhi Meng, Deepak Kumar, Gyu Leem, Sung Bong Kang, Youming Li, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Yi Hou and Chang Geun Yoo, Ferric chloride aided peracetic acid pretreatment for effective utilization of sugarcane bagasse (2022) Fuel, 319, 123739 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123739)

• Kwang Ho Kim, Xuanjun Jin, Anqi Ji, Alvina Aui, Mark Mba-Wright, Chun-Jae Yoo, Jae-Wook Choi, Jeong-Myeong Ha, Chang Soo Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, Joon Weon Choi, Catalytic conversion of waste corrugated cardboard into lactic acid using lanthanide triflates (2022) Waste Management, 144, 41-48 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.03.005)

• Shuya Li, Eric Wolfgang Shuler, Debora Willinger, Hai Tien Nguyen, Saerona Kim, Hyeong Cheol Kang, Jae-Joon Lee, Weiwei Zheng, Chang Geun Yoo, Benjamin D. Sherman, and Gyu Leem, Enhanced photocatalytic alcohol oxidation at the interface of RuC-coated TiO2 nanorod arrays (2022) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14, 22799-22809 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c20795) (Invited to the Early Career Forum special issue 2022; ACS Applied  Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 20, 22679–22680)

• Samarthya Bhagia, Jaroslav Ďurkovič, Rastislav LagaňaRastislav Lagaňa, Monika Kardošová, František Kačík, Adrian Cernescu, Philip Schäfer, Chang Geun Yoo, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Nanoscale FTIR and mechanical mapping of plant cell walls for understanding biomass deconstruction (2022) ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 10 (9), 3016-3026 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c08163)

• Lan Yao, Pingping Cui, Xiong Chen, Chang Geun Yoo, Qianting Liu, Xianzhi Meng, Long Xiong, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Haitao Yang, A combination of deep eutectic solvent and ethanol pretreatment for synergistic delignification and enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis for biorefinery process (2022) Bioresource Technology, 126885 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126885)  

• Shuya Li, Udani K. Wijethunga, Andrew H. Davis, Saerona Kim, Weiwei Zheng, Benjamin D. Sherman, Chang Geun Yoo, and Gyu Leem, Ru(II) polypyridyl-modified TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic C-C/C-O bond cleavage at room temperature (2022) ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5 (1), 948-956 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c03622)

• Sumitha Banu Jamaldheen, Mayur B. Kurade, Bikram Basak, Chang Geun Yoo, Kyeong Keun Oh, Byong-Hun Jeon, and Tae Hyun Kim, A review on physico-chemical delignification as a pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced bioconversion (2022) Bioresource Technology, 346, 126591 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126591)

• Xianzhi Meng, Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Opportunities and challenges for flow-through hydrothermal pretreatment in advanced biorefineries (2022) Bioresource Technology, 343, 126061 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126061)

• Lei Zhong, Chao Wang, Guihua Yang, Jiachuan Chen, Feng Xu, Chang Geun Yoo, Gaojin Lyu, Rapid and efficient microwave-assisted guanidine hydrochloride deep eutectic solvent pretreatment for biological conversion of castor stalk (2022) Bioresource Technology, 343, 126022 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126022)

2021

• Kwang Ho Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, Challenges and perspective of recent biomass pretreatment solvents (2021) Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 3:785709 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fceng.2021.785709) 

• Yunxuan Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Yang Tian, Kwang Ho Kim, Linjing Jia, Yunqiao Pu, Gyu Leem, Deepak Kumar, Aymerick Eudes, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Chang Geun Yoo, Engineered sorghum bagasse enables a sustainable biorefinery with p-hydroxybenzoic acid-based deep eutectic solvent (2021) ChemSusChem, 14 (23), 5235-5244 (https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202101492)

• Samarthya Bhagia, Kamlesh Bornani, Ruchi Agarwal, Alok Satlewal, Jaroslav Ďurkovič, Rastislav Lagana, Meher Bhagia, Chang Geun Yoo, Xianhui Zhao, Vlastimil Kunc, Yunqiao Pu, Soydan Ozcan, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Critical review of FDM 3D printing of PLA biocomposites filled with biomass resources, characterization, biodegradability, upcycling and opportunities for biorefineries (2021) Applied Materials Today, 24, 101078 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2021.101078) 

• Duo He, Jingshun Zhuang, Yan Jiang, Danni Xie, Chang Geun Yoo, Qiang Yang, Fractionation of poplar wood using a bifunctional aromatic acid under mild conditions (2021) ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9 (15), 5364-5376 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00123)

• Tong Luo, Chao Wang, Xingxiang Ji, Guihua Yang, Jiachuan Chen, Chang Geun Yoo, Srinivas Janaswamy, Gaojin Lyu, Innovative production of lignin nanoparticles using deep eutectic solvents for multifunctional nanocomposites (2021) International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 183, 781-789 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.005)

• Shuya Li, Saerona Kim, Andrew H. Davis, Jingshun Zhuang, Eric Wolfgang Shuler, Debora Willinger, Jae-Joon Lee, Weiwei Zheng, Benjamin D. Sherman, Chang Geun Yoo, Gyu Leem, Photocatalytic chemoselective C-C bond cleavage at room temperature in dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells (2021) ACS Catalysis, 11 (7), 3771-3781 (https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c00198)

• Abhishek Patri, Ramya Mohan, Yunqiao Pu, Chang Geun Yoo, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Rajeev Kumar, David Kisailus, Charles Cai, and Charles E. Wyman, THF Co-solvent Pretreatment Prevents Lignin Redeposition from Interfering with Enzymes Yielding Prolonged Cellulase Activity (2021) Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14 (63) (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-021-01904-2) 

• Anqi Ji, Linjing Jia, Deepak Kumar, Chang Geun Yoo, Recent advancements in biological conversion of industrial hemp for biofuel and value-added products (2021) Fermentation, 7 (1), 6 (https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation7010006) [Journal Cover]

• Daehwan Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, Jurgen Schwarz, Sadanand Dhekney, Robert Kozak, Craig Laufer, Drew Ferrier, Skylar Mackay, Madyson Ashcraft, Richard Williams, Sinyeon Kim, Effect of lignin-blocking agent on enzyme hydrolysis of acid pretreated hemp waste (2021) RSC Advances, 11, 22025 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA03412J) 

• Yunxuan Wang, Kwang Ho Kim, Keunhong Jeong, Nak-Kyoon Kim, and Chang Geun Yoo, Sustainable biorefinery processes using renewable deep eutectic solvents (2021) Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 27, 100396 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100396)

• Lan Yao, Haitao Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Congxin Chen, Xianzhi Meng, Jun Dai, Chunlei Yang, Jun Yu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Xiong Chen, A mechanistic study of cellulase adsorption onto lignin (2021) Green Chemistry (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0GC02463E) [Front Cover]

• Kwang Ho Kim, Keunhong Jeong, Jingshun Zhuang, Hye Jin Jeong, Chang Soo Kim, Bonwook Koo, and Chang Geun Yoo, Tandem conversion of lignin to catechols via demethylation and catalytic hydrogenolysis (2021) Industrial Crops and Products, 159, 113095 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.113095)

• Liyuan Hou, Deepak Kumar, Chang Geun Yoo, Ivan Gitsov, and Erica L.-W. Majumder, Conversion and removal strategies for microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and landfills (2021) Chemical Engineering Journal, 406, 126715 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.126715)

• Jinhua Ding, Luna Liang, Xianzhi Meng, Fei Yang, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Chang Geun Yoo, and Chongwen Yu, The Physicochemical alteration of flax fibers structuring components after different scouring and bleaching treatments (2021) Industrial Crops and Products, 160, 113112 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.113112)

• Kwang Ho Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, Editorial on Special Issue “Biorefinery: Current Status, Challenges, and New Strategies” (2021) Applied Sciences, 11 (10), 4674 (https://doi.org/10.3390/app11104674)

2020

• Yunxuan Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Keunhong Jeong, Shuya Li, Gyu Leem, Kwang Ho Kim, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Chang Geun Yoo, Investigation of lignin-based deep eutectic solvent using p-hydroxybenzoic acid for efficient woody biomass conversion (2020) ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8 (33), 12542-12553 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03533) [Supplementary Journal Cover]

• Duo He, Yunxuan Wang, Chang Geun Yoo, Qi-Jie Chen, and Qiang Yang, The fractionation of woody biomass under mild conditions using bifunctional phenol-4-sulfonic acid as catalyst and lignin solvent (2020) Green Chemistry, 22, 5414-5422 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0GC01722A) 

• Ninad Kothari, Samarthya Bhagia, Yunqiao Pu, Chang Geun Yoo, Mi Li, Sivasankari Venketachalam, Sivakumar Pattathil, Rajeev Kumar, Charles M. Cai, Michael G. Hahn, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Charles E. Wyman, The effect of switchgrass plant cell wall properties on its deconstruction by thermochemical pretreatments coupld with fungal enzymatic hydrolysis or Clostridium thermocellum consolidated bioprocessing (2020) Green Chemistry, 22, 7924-7945 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0GC02546A)

• Mi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Valerie M. Thomas, Chang Geun Yoo, Soydan Ozcan, Yulin Deng, Kim Nelson, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Recent advancements of plant-based natural-fiber-reinforced composites and their applications (2020) Composites Part B: Engineering, 200, 108254 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108254)

• Lan Yao,   Long Xiong,   Chang Geun Yoo,   Chengyu Dong,   Xianzhi Meng,   Jun Dai,   Arthur Ragauskas,  Chunlei Yang,   Jun Yu,   Haitao Yang  and  Xiong Chen  Correlations of physicochemical properties of organosolv lignins from Broussonetia papyrifera with their antioxidant activities (2020) Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4, 5114-5119 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SE00940G)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, The critical role of lignin in lignocellulosic biomass conversion and recent pretreatment strategies: A comprehensive review (2020) Bioresource Technology, 301, 122784 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122784) [Bioresource Technology Article Awards 2020]

• Anqi Ji, Shuyang Zhang, Samarthya Bhagia, Chang Geun Yoo, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, 3D printing of biomass-derived composites: application and characterization approaches (2020) RSC Advances, 10, 21698-21723 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA03620J)

• Shuya Li, Zhi-Jun Li, Hyun Yu, Marion Ryan Sytu, Yunxuan Wang, Debora Beeri, Weiwei Zhang, Benjamin D. Sherman, Chang Geun Yoo, and Gyu Leem, Solar-driven lignin oxidation via hydrogen atom transfer with a dye-sensitized TiO2 photoanode (2020) ACS Energy Letters, 5 (3), 777-784 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02391)

• Keunhong Jeong, Hye Jin Jeong, Gunwoo Lee, Sang Hoon Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, and Chang Geun Yoo, Catalytic effect of alkali and alkaline earth metals in the lignin pyrolysis: A density functional theory study (2020) Energy & Fuels, 34 (8), 9734–9740 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01897)

• Jingshun Zhuang, Mi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Chang Geun Yoo, Observation of potential contaminants in processed biomass using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (2020) Applied Sciences, 10 (2), 4345 (https://doi.org/10.3390/app10124345)

• Xianzhi Meng, Samarthy Bhagia, Yunxuan Wang, Yang Zhou, Yunqiao Pu, John R. Dunlap, Li Shuai, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Chang Geun Yoo, Effects of the advanced organosolv pretreatment strategies on structural properties of woody biomass (2020) Industrial Crops and Products, 146, 112144 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112144)

• Kwang Ho Kim, Chang Soo Kim, Yunxuan Wang, Chang Geun Yoo, An integrated process for the production of lactic acid from lignocellulosic biomass: from biomass fractionation and characterization to chemocatalytic conversion with lanthanum (III) triflate (2020) Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59 (23), 10832-10839 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c01666) 

• Nathan Bryant, Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, 2D HSQC chemical shifts of impurities from biomass pretreatment (2020) ChemistrySelect, 5 (11), 3359-3364 (https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202000406)

• Lei Zhong, Liyuan Yang, Chao Wang, Xingxiang Ji, Guihua Yang, Jiachuan Chen, Gaojin Lyu, Feng Xu, and Chang Geun Yoo, NaOH-aided sulfolane pretreatment for effective fractionation and utilization of willow (Salix matsudana cv. Zhuliu) (2020) Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59 (39), 17546-17553 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c01208)

• Chen Huang, Guigan Fang, Yang Zhou, Xinghu Du, Longxiang Yu, Xianzhi Meng, Mi Li, Chang Geun Yoo, Bingwei Chen, Shengcheng Zhai, Qiyuan Guan, Qiang Yong, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Increasing the carbohydrate output of bamboo using a combinatorial pretreatment (2020) ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8 (19), 7380-7393 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01126)

• Nathan D. Bryant, Yunqiao Pu, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Gerald A. Tuskan, Wellington Muchero, Udaya C. Kalluri, Chang Geun Yoo, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Transgenic poplar designed for biofuels (2020) Trends in Plant Science, 25 (9), 881-896 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.03.008)

• Haitao Yang, Yuhang Zhang, Chang Geun Yoo, Xianzhi Meng, Xiong Chen, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Lan Yao, Physico-chemical properties of lignin fractions from acid pretreated corn stover and their effects on enzymatic hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose (2020) BioResources, 15 (3), 4898-4911 (DOI: 10.15376/biores.15.3.4898-4911)

• Haitao Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, Wellington Muchero, Gerald A. Tuskan, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Lan Yao, Structural changes of lignin in natural Populus variants during different pretreatments (2020) Bioresource Technology, 295, 122240 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122240)

• Lei Zhong, Miaomiao Xu, Chao Wang, Lupeng Shao, Jianzhen Mao, Weikun Jiang, Xingxiang Ji, Guihua Yang, Jiachuan Chen, Gaojin Lyu, Chang Geun Yoo, and Feng Xu Pretreatment of willow using the alkaline-catalyzed sulfolane/water solution for high-purity and antioxidative lignin production (2020) International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 159, 287-294 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.05.074)

2019

• Kwang Ho Kim, Aymerick Eudes, Keunhong Jeong, Chang Geun Yoo, Chang Soo Kim, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Integration of renewable deep eutectic solvent with engineered biomass to achieve a closed-loop biorefinery (2019) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (28), 13816-13824 (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1904636116)

• Osbert Yu, Chang Geun Yoo, Chang Soo Kim, and Kwang Ho Kim, Understanding the effects of ethylene glycol-assisted biomass fractionation parameters on lignin characteristics using a full factorial design and computational modeling (2019) ACS Omega, 4 (14), 16103-16110 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b02298)

• Kwang Ho Kim, Yunxuan Wang, Masatsugu Takada, Aymerick Eudes, Chang Geun Yoo, Chang Soo Kim, and Jack Saddler, Deep eutectic solvent pretreatment of transgenic biomass with increased C6C1 lignin monomers (2019) Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 1774 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01774)

• Jinhua Ding, Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, Xianzhi Meng, Samarthya Bhagia, Chongwen Yu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Cellulolytic enzyme-aided extraction of hemicellulose from switchgrass and its characteristics (2019) Green Chemistry, 21, 3902-3910 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C9GC00252A)

• Zhi-Hua Liu, Somnath Shinde, Shangxian Xie, Naijia Hao, Furong Lin, Chang Geun Yoo, Mingjie Jin, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Joshua Yuan, Cooperative valorization of lignin and residual sugar to polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) for enhanced yield and carbon utilization in biorefinery (2019) Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 3, 2024-2037 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SE00021F)

• Hongli Xie, Nancy L. Engle, Sivasankari Venketachalam, Chang Geun Yoo, Jaime Barros, Mitch Lecoultre, Nikki Howard, Guifen Li, Liang Sun, Avinash C Srivastava, Sivakumar Pattathil, Yunqiao Pu, Michael G. Hahn, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Richard S. Nelson, Richard A. Dixon, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Elison Blancaflor, Yuhong Tang, Combining loss of function of FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHETASE1and CAFFEOYL-COA 3-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE1 for lignin reduction and improved saccharification efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana (2019) Biotechnology for Biofuels, 12 (108) (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-019-1446-3)

• Lan Yao, Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, Xianzhi Meng, Wellington Muchero, Gerald A. Tuskan, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Haitao Yang, Physicochemical changes of cellulose and their influences on Populus trichocarpa digestibility after different pretreatments (2019) BioResources, 14 (4), 9658-9676 (DOI: 10.15376/biores.14.4.9658-9676)

• Ninad Kothari, Samarthya Bhagia, Maher Zaher, Yunqiao Pu, Ashutosh Mittal, Chang Geun Yoo, Michael E. Himmel, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Rajeev Kumar, Charles E. Wyman (2019) Cellulose hydrolysis by Clostridium thermocellum is agnostic to substrate structural properties in contrast to fungal cellulases, Green Chemistry, 21, 2810-2822 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C9GC00262F) 

• Mi Li, Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, Ajaya K. Biswal, Allison K. Tolbert, Debra Mohnen, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Downregulation of pectin biosynthesis gene GAUT4 leads to reduced ferulate and lignin-carbohydrate cross-linking in switchgrass (2019) Communications Biology, 2:22 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0265-6)

• Yongil Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, William Rottmann, Kimberly A. Winkeler, Cassandra M. Collins, Lee E. Gunter, Sara S. Jawdy, Xiaohan Yang, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Gerald A. Tuskan, and Jin-Gui Chen, PdWND3A, a wood-associated NAC domain-containing protein, affects lignin biosynthesis and composition in Populus (2019) BMC Plant Biology, 19: 486 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-2111-5)

• Jin Zhang, Mi Li, Anthony C. Bryan, Chang Geun Yoo, William Rottmann, Kimberly A. Winkeler, Cassandra M. Collins, Vasanth Singan, Erika A. Lindquist, Sara S. Jawdy, Lee E. Gunter, Nancy L. Engle, Xiaohan Yang, Kerrie Barry, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Jeremy Schmutz, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Gerald A. Tuskan, Wellington Muchero, and Jin-Gui Chen, Overexpression of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase increases biomass production and reduces recalcitrance in the bioenergy crop Populus (2019) Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 3, 195-207 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SE00471D)

2018 

• Gaojin Lyu, Chang Geun Yoo, and Xuejun Pan, Alkaline oxidative cracking for effective depolymerization of biorefining lignin to mono-aromatic compounds and organic acids with molecular oxygen (2018) Biomass and Bioenergy, 7-14 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.10.046)

• Lan Yao, Congxin Chen, Chang Geun Yoo, Xianzhi Meng, Mi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Haitao Yang, Insights of ethanol organosolv pretreatment on lignin properties of Broussonetia papyrifera (2018) ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6 (11), 14767-14773 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b03290)

• Seokwon Jung, Heather L. Trajano, Chang Geun Yoo, Marcus B. Foston, Fan Hu, Allison K. Tolbert, Charles E. Wyman, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Topochemical Understanding of Lignin Distribution during Hydrothermal Flowthrough Pretreatment (2018) ChemistrySelect, 3 (32), 9348-9352 ( https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201801837)

• Lan Yao, Haitao Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, Xianzhi Meng, Wellington Muchero, Gerald A. Tuskan, Timothy Tschaplinski, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Understanding the influences of different pretreatments on recalcitrance of Populusnatural variants (2018) Bioresource Technology, 265, 75-81 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.05.057)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Alexandru Dumitrache, Wellington Muchero, Jace Natzke, Hannah Akinosho, Mi Li, Robert Sykes, Steven D. Brown, Brian H. Davison, Gerald A. Tuskan, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Significance of lignin S/G ratio in biomass recalcitrance of Populus trichocarpa variants for bioethanol production (2018) ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6 (2), 2162-2168 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03586)

• Ning Li, Yanding Li, Chang Geun Yoo, Xiaohui Yang, Xuliang Lin, John Ralph, and Xuejun Pan, An uncondensed lignin depolymerization in the solid state and isolated from lignocellulosic biomass: A mechanistic study (2018) Green Chemistry, 20, 4224-4235 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C8GC00953H) [Journal Inside Front Cover] 

• Mi Li, Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, 31P NMR chemical shifts of solvents and products impurities in biomass pretreatments (2018) ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6 (1), 1265-1270 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03602)

• Ajaya K. Biswal, Melani A. Atmodjo, Mi Li, Holly L. Baxter, Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, Yi-Ching Lee, Mitra Mazarei, Ian M. Black, Ji-Yi Zhang, Hema Ramanna, Adam L. Bray, Zachary R. King, Peter R. LaFayette, Sivakumar Pattathil, Bryon Donohoe, Sushree S. Mohanty, David Ryno, Kelsey Yee, Olivia A. Thompson, Miguel Rodriguez Jr, Alexandru Dumitrache, Jace Natzke, Kim Winkeler, Cassandra Collins, Xiaohan Yang, Li Tan, Robert W. Sykes, Erica L. Gjersing, Angela Ziebell, Geoffrey B. Turner, Steve R. Deckere, Michael G Hahn, Brian H. Davison, Michael K. Udvardi, Jonathan Mielenz, Mark F. Davis, Richard S. Nelson, Wayne A. Parrott Arthur J. Ragauskas, C. Neal Stewart, Jr. and Debra Mohnen, Sugar release and growth of biofuel crops are improved by downregulation of pectin biosynthesis (2018) Nature Biotechnology, 36, 249-257 (https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4067) 

• Lan Yao, Chang Geun Yoo, Xianzhi Meng, Mi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Haitao Yang, A structured understanding of cellobiohydrolases I binding to poplar lignin after diluted-acid pretreatment (2018) Biotechnology for Biofuels, 11 (96) (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-018-1087-y)

• Lan Yao, Haitao Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, Naijia Hao, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Characteristics of lignin fractions from dilute acid pretreated switchgrass and their effect on cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma longibrachiatum (2018) Frontiers in Energy Research, 6:1 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2018.00001)

• Arthur J. Ragauskas and Chang Geun Yoo, Editorial: Advancements in biomass recalcitrance: The use of lignin for the production of fuels and chemicals (2018) Frontiers in Energy Research, 6:118 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2018.00118)

Before 2018  

• Chang Geun Yoo, Ning Li, Melanie Swannell, and Xuejun Pan, Isomerization of glucose to fructose catalyzed by lithium bromide in water (2017) Green Chemistry, 19, 4402-4411 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C7GC02145C)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Yongil Yang, Xianzhi Meng, Wellington Muchero, Kelsey L. Yee, Olivia A. Thompson, Miguel Rodriguez Jr., Garima Bali, Nancy L. Engle, Erika Lindquist, Vasanth Singan, Jeremy Schmutz, Stephen P. DiFazio, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Gerald A. Tuskan, Jin-Gui Chen, Brian Davison, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Insights of biomass recalcitrance in natural Populus trichocarpa variants for biomass conversion (2017) Green Chemistry, 19, 5467-5478 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C7GC02219K)

• Yongil Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Kimberly A. Winkeler, Cassandra M. Collins, Maud A.W. Hinchee, Sara Jawdy, Lee Gunter, Nancy L. Engle, Yunqiao Pu, Xiaohan Yang, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Gerald A. Tuskan and Jin-Gui Chen, Overexpression of a domain of unknown function 231-containing protein increase O-xylan acetylation and cellulose biosynthesis in Populus (2017) Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10 (311) (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0998-3)

• Vanessa Thomas, Ninad Kothari, Samarthya Bhagia, Hannah Akinosho, Mi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Chang Geun Yoo, Sivakumar Pattathil, Michael G. Hahn, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Comparative evaluation of Populus variants total sugar release and structural features following pretreatment and digestion by two distinct biological systems (2017) Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10 (292) (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0975-x)

• Jong-Jin Park, Chang Geun Yoo, Amy Flanagan, Yunqiao Pu, Smriti Debnath, Yaxin Ge, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Zeng-Yu Wang, Defined tetra-allelic gene disruption of the 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase 1 (Pv4CL1) gene by CRISPR/Cas9 in switchgrass results in lignin reduction and improved sugar release (2017) Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10 (284) (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0972-0)

• Hannah Akinosho, Kelsey Yee, Miguel Rodriguez, Wellington Muchero, Chang Geun Yoo, Mi Li, Olivia Thompson, Yunqiao Pu, Steven Brown, Johnathan Mielenz, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Lignin exhibits recalcitrance-associated features following the consolidated bioprocessing of natural variants of Populus trichocarpa (2017) ChemistrySelect, 2 (33), 10642-10647 (https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201701572)

• Zhi-Hua Liu, Michelle Olson, Somnath Dattatray Shinde, Xin Wang, Naijia Hao, Chang Geun Yoo, Samarthya Bhagia, John R. Dunlap, Yunqiao Pu, Katy Kao, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Mingjie Jin, and Joshua S. Yuan, Synergistic maximization of carbohydrate output and lignin processibility by combinatorial pretreatment (2017) Green Chemistry, 19, 4939-4955 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C7GC02057K)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Mi Li, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Effects of organosolv and ammonia pretreatments on lignin properties and its inhibitory effect for enzymatic hydrolysis (2017) Green Chemistry, 19, 2006-2016 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C6GC03627A) 

• Hannah Akinosho, Chang Geun Yoo, Alexandru Dumitrache, Jace Natzke, Steven Brown, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Elucidating the structural changes to Populuslignin during consolidated bioprocessing with Clostridium thermocellum (2017) ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5 (9), 7486-7491 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01203)

• Xianzhi Meng, Barbara Evans, Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, Brian Davison, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, The effect of in-vivo deuteration on structure of switchgrass lignin (2017) ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5 (9), 8004-8010 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01527)

• Lan Yao, Haitao Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Xianzhi Meng, Mi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Robert Sykes, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Adsorption of Cellobiohydrolases I onto lignin fractions from dilute acid pretreated Broussonetia papyrifera (2017) Bioresource Technology, 244, 957-962 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.024)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Ionic liquids: Promising green solvents for lignocellulosic biomass utilization (2017) Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 5, 5-11 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2017.03.003)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Shuting Zhang, and Xuejun Pan, Effective conversion of biomass into bromomethylfurfural, furfural, and depolymerized lignin in lithium bromide molten salt hydrate of a biphasic system (2017) RSC Advances, 7, 300-308 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA25025D)

• Allison K. Tolbert, Chang Geun Yoo, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Understanding the changes to biomass surface characteristics after ammonia and organosolv pretreatments using time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) (2017) ChemPlusChem, 82 (5), 686-690 (https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201700138)

• Yongil Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Hao-Bo Guo, William Rottmann, Kimberly A. Winkeler, Cassandra M. Collins, Lee E. Gunter, Sara S. Jawdy, Xiaohan Yang, Hong Guo, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Gerald A. Tuskan, and Jin-Gui Chen, Overexpression of a domain of unknown function 266-containing protein results in high cellulose content, reduced recalcitrance, and enhanced plant growth in the bioenergy crop Populus (2017) Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10 (74) (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0760-x)

• Mi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Chang Geun Yoo, Erica Gjersing, Steve Decker, Crissa Doeppke, Todd Shollenberger, Timothy Tschaplinski, Nancy Engle, Robert Sykes, Mark Davis, Holly Baxter, Mitra Mazarei, Chunxiang Fu, Richard Dixon, Zeng-Yu Wang, Neal Stewart, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Study of traits and recalcitrance reduction of field-grown COMT down-regulated switchgrass (2017) Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10 (12) (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-016-0695-7)

• Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, Chang Geun Yoo, Mi Li, Garima Bali, Doh-Yeon Park, Erica Gjersing, Mark F. Davis, Muchero Wellington, Gerald A. Tuskan, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, An in-depth understanding of biomass recalcitrance using natural poplar variants as the feedstock (2017) ChemSusChem, 10 (1), 139-150 (https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201601303)

• Xianzhi Meng, Chang Geun Yoo, Mi Li, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Physicochemical structural changes of cellulosic substrates during enzymatic saccharification (2016) Journal of Applied Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 1 (3): 00015 (DOI: 10.15406/jabb.2016.01.00015)

• Naijia Hao, Haoxi Ben, Chang Geun Yoo, Sushil Adhikari, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Review of NMR characterization of pyrolysis oils (2016) Energy & Fuels, 30 (9), 6863-6880 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b01002)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, Mi Li, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Elucidating structural characteristics of biomass using solution-state 2D NMR with a mixture of deuterated dimethylsulfoxide and hexamethylphosphoramide (2016) ChemSusChem, 9 (10), 1090-1095 (https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201600135)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Nhuan P. Nghiem, and Tae Hyun Kim, Production of fermentable sugars from corn fiber using soaking in aqueous ammonia (SAA) pretreatment and fermentation to succinic acid using Escherichia coli AFP184 (2016) Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 33 (10), 2863-2868 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-016-0139-x)

• Mi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Chang Geun Yoo, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, The occurrence of tricin and its derivatives in plants (2016) Green Chemistry, 18, 1439-1454 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C5GC03062E)

• Alexandru Dumitrache, Hannah Akinosho, Miguel Jr. Rodriguez, Xianzhi Meng, Chang Geun Yoo, Jace Natzke, Nancy L. Engle, Robert W. Sykes, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Wellington Muchero, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Brian H. Davison, and Steven D. Brown, Consolidated bioprocessing of Populus using Clostridium (Ruminiclostridium) thermocellum: a case study on the impact of lignin composition and structure (2016) Biotechnology for Biofuels, 9 (31) (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-016-0445-x)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Hoon Kim, Fachuang Lu, Ali Azarpira, Xuejun Pan, Kyeong Keun Oh, Jun Seok Kim, John Ralph, and Tae Hyun Kim, Understanding the physicochemical characteristics and the improved enzymatic saccharification of corn stover pretreated with aqueous and gaseous ammonia (2016) BioEnergy Research, 9 (1), 67-76 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-015-9662-6)

• Jijiao Zeng, ChangGeunYoo, Fei Wang, Xuejun Pan, Wilfred Vermerris,andZhaohui Tong, Biomimetic Fenton-catalyzed lignin depolymerization to high value aromatics and dicarboxylic acids (2015) ChemSusChem, 8 (5), 861-871 (https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201403128) 

• Jing Zhang, Yong S Choi, Chang Geun Yoo, Tae Hyun Kim, Robert C Brown, and Brent Shanks, Cellulose-hemicellulose and cellulose-lignin interactions during fast pyrolysis (2015) ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 3 (2), 293-301 (https://doi.org/10.1021/sc500664h)

• Chao Wang, Chang Geun Yoo, Chen Xu Yu, and Tae Hyun Kim, Raman spectroscopic characterization of photonanocatalyst aided alkaline pretreated corn stover biomass (2014) Advanced Materials Research, 875-877, 1576-1580 (https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.875-877.1576)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Chi Woo Lee, and Tae Hyun Kim, Effect of low-moisture anhydrous ammonia (LMAA) pretreatment on biomass quality and enzymatic hydrolysis for long-term storage (2014) Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 174, 2639-2651 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-014-1215-5)

• Nhuan P. Nghiem, Tae Hyun Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, and Kevin B. Hicks, Enzymatic fractionation of SAA-pretreated barley straw for production of fuel ethanol and astaxanthin as a value-added co-product (2013) Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 171, 341-351 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-013-0374-0)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Nhuan P. Nghiem, Kevin B. Hicks, and Tae Hyun Kim, Maximum production of fermentable sugars from barley straw using optimized soaking in aqueous ammonia (SAA) pretreatment (2013) Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 169 (8), 2430-2441 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-013-0154-x)

• Tae Hyun Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, and Buddhi Lamsal, Front-end recovery of protein from lignocellulosic biomass and its effects on chemical pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification (2013) Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 36 (6), 687-694 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-013-0892-8) 

• Chang Geun Yoo, Chao Wang, Chenxu Yu, and Tae Hyun Kim, Enhancement of enzymatic hydrolysis and Klason lignin removal of corn stover using photocatalyst-assisted ammonia pretreatment (2013) Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 169 (5), 1648-4658 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-012-0002-4) 

• Chang Geun Yoo, Monlin Kuo, and Tae Hyun Kim, Ethanol and furfural production from corn stover using a hybrid fractionation process with zinc chloride and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) (2012) Process Biochemistry, 47 (2), 319-326 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2011.11.018)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Chi-Woo Lee, and Tae Hyun Kim, Optimization of two-stage fractionation process for lignocellulosic biomass using response surface methodology (RSM) (2011) Biomass and Bioenergy, 35, 4901-4909 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.015)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Nhuan P. Nghiem, Kevin B. Hicks, and Tae Hyun Kim, Pretreatment of corn stover by low moisture anhydrous ammonia (LMAA) Process (2011) Bioresource Technology, 102 (21), 10028-10034 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.057)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Chi-Woo Lee, and Tae Hyun Kim, Two-stage fractionation of corn stover using aqueous ammonia and hot water (2011) Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 164 (6), 729-740 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-011-9169-3)

• Qiao Han, Chang Geun Yoo, Se-Hee Jo, Sung Chul Yi, and Sungyong Mun, Effect of mobile phase composition on Henry’s constants of 2-amino-3-phenyl-propanoic acid, 2-amino-3-(3-indolyl)-propanoic acid, and 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propanoic acid in a Capcell Park C18 chromatography (2008) Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 53, 2613-2621 (https://doi.org/10.1021/je800510y)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Qiao Han, and Sungyong Mun, Reversal of elution sequence and selectivity resulting from the use of ionic liquid as a mobile phase modifier (2008) Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies, 31, 1104-1122 (https://doi.org/10.1080/10826070802000582)

• Chang Geun Yoo, Sung Chul Yi, and Sungyong Mun, Effect of ionic liquid on the retention and separation behaviors of various amino acids in a reversed phase chromatography (2007) Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies, 30, 2989-3006 (https://doi.org/10.1080/10826070701629838)

• Se-Hee Jo, Jeung Kun Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, Jin-Il Kim, Yoon-Mo Koo, and Sunyong Mun, Comparative analysis of single-cascade five-zone and two-zone SMB systems for the separation of a ternary amino acid mixture (2007) The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 85 (6), 874-882 (https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.5450850608)

Book Chapters

• Anqi Ji, Jiae Ryu, Yunxuan Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Chaehwi Yoon, Chang Geun Yoo, Chapter: Chemical-structural characterization of the plant cell wall in lignocellulosic biomass during pretreatment, Book title: Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy production, Editor: Ming-Fei Li, Woodhead Series in Bioenergy, 2026, 89-135, Elsevier, ISBN: 9780443247149

• Manjinder Singh, Dun Chan Cha, Hayoung Kim, Jaejun Park, Saerona Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, Gyu Leem, Seunghyun Lee, Chapter: Photocatalysis-derived biomass conversion for green hydrogen production, Book title: Towards Sustainable and Green Hydrogen Production by Photocatalysis: Insights into Design and Development of Efficient Materials (Volume 2), ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1468, 47-78, 2024, DOI: 10.1021/bk-2024-1468.ch003, American Chemical Society, eISBN: 9780841296701

• Jingshun Zhuang, Yunxuan Wang, Kwang Ho Kim, Gyu Leem, Chang Geun Yoo, Chapter: Depolymerization Strategies for Lignin Valorization, Book title: Sustainable Biorefining of Woody Biomass to Biofuels and Biochemicals, Editors: Deepak Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Karthik Rajendran, Applied Biotechnology Reviews, 2024, 263-289, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-323-91187-0

• Mandeep Poonia, Jeong Jae Wie, Chang Geun Yoo, Chapter: Material applications of lignin, Book title: Biomass Utilization: Conversion Strategies, Editors: Nhuan Nghiem, Tae Hyun Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, 2022, Springer Nature, ISBN: 978-3-031-05834-9

• Chang Geun Yoo and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Chapter: Opportunities and challenges of lignin utilization, Book title: Lignin utilization strategies: From Processing to Applications, Editors: Chang Geun Yoo and Arthur J. Ragauskas, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1377, 1-12, DOI:10.1021/bk-2021-1377.ch001, 2021, American Chemical Society, ISBN13: 9780841298453

• Xianzhi Meng, Mandeep Poonia, Chang Geun Yoo, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Chapter: Recent advances in synthesis and application of lignin nanoparticles, Book title: Lignin utilization strategies: From Processing to Applications, Editors: Chang Geun Yoo and Arthur J. Ragauskas, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1377, 273-293, DOI:10.1021/bk-2021-1377.ch011, 2021, American Chemical Society, ISBN13: 9780841298453

• Chang Geun Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Chapter: Measuring biomass-derived products in biological conversion and metabolic process, Book title: Metabolic Pathway Engineering (Series: Methods in Molecular Biology), Vol. 2096, Editors: Michael E. Himmel and Yannick Bomble, Springer Nature, 2020, ISBN 978-1-07-160195-2 

• Chang Geun Yoo, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Yunqiao Pu, Chapter: Measurement of physicochemical properties of lignin, Book title: Understanding lignocellulose: Synergistic computational and analytic methods, Editors: Micholas Dean Smith, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1338, 33-47, DOI: 10.1021/bk-2019-1338.ch003, 2019, American Chemical Society, ISBN13: 9780841236424

• Yunqiao Pu, Xianzhi Meng, Chang Geun Yoo, Mi Li, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Chapter: Analytical methods for biomass characterization during pretreatment and bioconversion, Book title: Valorization of lignocellulosic biomass in a biorefinery: From logistics to environmental and performance impact, Editors: Rajeev Kumar, Seema Singh and Venkatesh Balan, Nova Science Publishers, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-63485-827-4

• Chang Geun Yoo and Xuejun Pan, Chapter: Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Book title: Bioenergy: Principles and Applications, Editors: Yebo Li and Samir Kumar Khanal, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016, ISBN: 978-1-118-56831-6 

• Chang Geun Yoo  and Xuejun Pan, Chapter: Fuel Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass, Book title: The Handbook of Clean Energy Systems, Editor: Jinyue Yan, Wiley, 2015, DOI: 10.1002/9781118991978.hces108

Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Juhyeon Kim, Jiae Ryu, Qiang Yang, Chang Geun Yoo, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon, Accelerated Molecular Simulation-based Model Predictive Control for Regulating Molecular Weights and Monomeric Ratios in Biomass Fractionation (2025) American Control Conference, 2317-2322 (10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11108051)

• Juhyeon Kim, Silabrata Pahari, Jiae Ryu, Mairui Zhang, Chang Geun Yoo, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon, Adaptive control for lignin-first biomass fractionation: An experimentally verified multiscale kMC approach (2024) American Control Conference, 5480-5485 (10.23919/ACC60939.2024.10644535)

• Silabrata Pahari, Juhyeon Kim, Mairui Zhang, Anqi Ji, Chang Geun Yoo, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon, Multiscale modeling, experimental validation, and optimal operation for a batch pulp digester with a novel solvent (2023) American Control Conference, 3448-3453 (10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10155797)

• Hyun-Kyu Choi, Anqi Ji, Mairui Zhang, Juhyeon Kim, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon, Chang Geun Yoo, Kinetic modeling study of lignocellulose fractionation using 4-phenolsulfonic acid (2022) IFAC-PapersOnLine, 55 (7), 574-579 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.07.505)