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Charles M. Cai — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 29
Works: 56
Citations: 3,179

Most-cited papers

Integrated furfural production as a renewable fuel and chemical platform from lignocellulosic biomass
Charles M. Cai, Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, C. Wyman
2014441 citations
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THF co-solvent enhances hydrocarbon fuel precursor yields from lignocellulosic biomass
Charles M. Cai, Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, C. Wyman
2013238 citations
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Co-solvent pretreatment reduces costly enzyme requirements for high sugar and ethanol yields from lignocellulosic biomass.
Thanh Yen Nguyen, Charles M. Cai, Rajeev Kumar, C. Wyman
2015ChemSusChem188 citations
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Support Induced Control of Surface Composition in Cu–Ni/TiO2 Catalysts Enables High Yield Co-Conversion of HMF and Furfural to Methylated Furans
Bhogeswararao Seemala, Charles M. Cai, C. Wyman, P. Christopher
2017184 citations Open access
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Coupling metal halides with a co-solvent to produce furfural and 5-HMF at high yields directly from lignocellulosic biomass as an integrated biofuels strategy
Charles M. Cai, Nikhil Nagane, Rajeev Kumar, C. Wyman
2014176 citations
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Overcoming factors limiting high-solids fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol
Thanh Yen Nguyen, Charles M. Cai, Rajeev Kumar, C. Wyman
2017Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America159 citations Open access
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Utilization of a Lignin-Based Adsorbent for Effective Removal of Azo Dye from Aqueous Solution
Xianzhi Meng, Brent Scheidemantle, Mi Li, Yun-Yan Wang +8 more
2020ACS Omega128 citations Open access
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Cosolvent pretreatment in cellulosic biofuel production: effect of tetrahydrofuran-water on lignin structure and dynamics
M. D. Smith, Barmak Mostofian, Xiaolin Cheng, L. Petridis +3 more
2016121 citations Open access
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CELF pretreatment of corn stover boosts ethanol titers and yields from high solids SSF with low enzyme loadings
Thanh Yen Nguyen, Charles M. Cai, Omar B. Osman, Rajesh Kumar +1 more
2016113 citations
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Fast Fractionation of Technical Lignins by Organic Cosolvents
Yun-Yan Wang, Mi Li, C. Wyman, Charles M. Cai +1 more
2018106 citations Open access
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Chemical Transformations of Poplar Lignin during Cosolvent Enhanced Lignocellulosic Fractionation Process
Xianzhi Meng, A. Parikh, Bhogeswararao Seemala, Rajeev Kumar +5 more
2018104 citations Open access
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Lignin-Based Polyurethanes from Unmodified Kraft Lignin Fractionated by Sequential Precipitation
Yun-Yan Wang, C. Wyman, Charles M. Cai, A. Ragauskas
2019ACS Applied Polymer Materials103 citations Open access
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Effects of Cu-Ni Bimetallic Catalyst Composition and Support on Activity, Selectivity, and Stability for Furfural Conversion to 2-Methyfuran
Bhogeswararao Seemala, Charles M. Cai, Rajeev Kumar, C. Wyman +1 more
2017102 citations Open access
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Local Phase Separation of Co-solvents Enhances Pretreatment of Biomass for Bioenergy Applications.
Barmak Mostofian, Charles M. Cai, M. D. Smith, L. Petridis +3 more
2016Journal of the American Chemical Society102 citations
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Characterization of fractional cuts of co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation lignin isolated by sequential precipitation.
Xianzhi Meng, A. Parikh, Bhogeswararao Seemala, Rajeev Kumar +4 more
2019Bioresource Technology84 citations Open access
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Multiple levers for overcoming the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass
E. Holwerda, Robert S. Worthen, N. Kothari, Ronald C. Lasky +19 more
2019Biotechnology for Biofuels84 citations Open access
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A multifunctional co-solvent pair reveals molecular principles of biomass deconstruction.
Abhishek S. Patri, Barmak Mostofian, Yun-Qiao Pu, Nicholas Ciaffone +10 more
2019Journal of the American Chemical Society79 citations Open access
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Cellulose–hemicellulose interactions at elevated temperatures increase cellulose recalcitrance to biological conversion
Rajesh Kumar, S. Bhagia, M. D. Smith, L. Petridis +9 more
201861 citations Open access
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Heterogeneous Catalyst Design Principles for the Conversion of Lignin into High Value Commodity Fuels and Chemicals.
M. Gale, Charles M. Cai, Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz
2020ChemSusChem52 citations
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Economics and global warming potential of a commercial-scale delignifying biorefinery based on Co-solvent Enhanced Lignocellulosic Fractionation
Bruno Klein, Brent Scheidemantle, Rebecca Hanes, Andrew W. Bartling +11 more
2024Energy & Environmental Science47 citations Open access
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Deconstruction of biomass enabled by local demixing of cosolvents at cellulose and lignin surfaces
S. Pingali, M. D. Smith, Shih-Hsien Liu, T. Rawal +10 more
2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America46 citations Open access
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Adding tetrahydrofuran to dilute acid pretreatment provides new insights into substrate changes that greatly enhance biomass deconstruction by Clostridium thermocellum and fungal enzymes
V. A. Thomas, B. Donohoe, Mi Li, Yun-Qiao Pu +5 more
2017Biotechnology for Biofuels46 citations Open access
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Preparation and characterization of aminated co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation lignin as a renewable building block for the synthesis of non-isocyanate polyurethanes
Xianzhi Meng, Shu-Yang Zhang, Brent Scheidemantle, Yun-Yan Wang +4 more
2022Industrial crops and products (Print)44 citations Open access
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Temperature-dependent phase behaviour of tetrahydrofuran–water alters solubilization of xylan to improve co-production of furfurals from lignocellulosic biomass
M. D. Smith, Charles M. Cai, Xiaolin Cheng, L. Petridis +1 more
201840 citations Open access
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Biomass augmentation through thermochemical pretreatments greatly enhances digestion of switchgrass by Clostridium thermocellum
N. Kothari, E. Holwerda, Charles M. Cai, Rajeev Kumar +1 more
2018Biotechnology for Biofuels39 citations Open access
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The effect of switchgrass plant cell wall properties on its deconstruction by thermochemical pretreatments coupled with fungal enzymatic hydrolysis or Clostridium thermocellum consolidated bioprocessing
N. Kothari, S. Bhagia, Yun-Qiao Pu, C. G. Yoo +8 more
202034 citations Open access
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Performance of three delignifying pretreatments on hardwoods: hydrolysis yields, comprehensive mass balances, and lignin properties
Aditya Bhalla, Charles M. Cai, Feng Xu, S. Singh +10 more
2019Biotechnology for Biofuels33 citations Open access
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Cosolvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation tailoring lignin chemistry and enhancing lignin bioconversion.
Zhi-Min Zhao, Xianzhi Meng, Brent Scheidemantle, Yun-Qiao Pu +5 more
2021Bioresource Technology31 citations Open access
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THF co-solvent pretreatment prevents lignin redeposition from interfering with enzymes yielding prolonged cellulase activity
Abhishek S. Patri, Ramya Mohan, Yun-Qiao Pu, C. G. Yoo +5 more
2021Biotechnology for Biofuels30 citations Open access
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Hybrid Catalytic Biorefining of Hardwood Biomass to Methylated Furans and Depolymerized Technical Lignin
Bhogeswararao Seemala, Xianzhi Meng, A. Parikh, Nikhil Nagane +5 more
2018ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering27 citations Open access
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Effects of CELF Pretreatment Severity on Lignin Structure and the Lignin-Based Polyurethane Properties
Yun-Yan Wang, P. Sengupta, Brent Scheidemantle, Yun-Qiao Pu +3 more
2020Frontiers in Energy Research22 citations Open access
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Polyurethanes Based on Unmodified and Refined Technical Lignins: Correlation between Molecular Structure and Material Properties.
Yun-Yan Wang, Brent Scheidemantle, C. Wyman, Charles M. Cai +1 more
2021Biomacromolecules21 citations Open access
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Recent advances in lignin-based polyurethanes
Yun-Yan Wang, A. Ragauskas, Charles M. Cai
201720 citations Open access
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Rewiring metabolism of Clostridium thermocellum for consolidated bioprocessing of lignocellulosic biomass poplar to produce short-chain esters.
Hyeongmin Seo, Priyanka Singh, Charles E. Wyman, Charles M. Cai +1 more
2023Bioresource Technology18 citations Open access
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Single-step catalytic conversion of furfural to 2-pentanol over bimetallic Co–Cu catalysts
Bhogeswararao Seemala, Rajesh Kumar, Charles M. Cai, C. Wyman +1 more
2019Reaction Chemistry & Engineering13 citations
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Prospects of thermotolerant Kluyveromyces marxianus for high solids ethanol fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass
P. Sengupta, Ramya Mohan, I. Wheeldon, D. Kisailus +2 more
2022Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts10 citations Open access
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CELF significantly reduces milling requirements and improves soaking effectiveness for maximum sugar recovery of Alamo switchgrass over dilute sulfuric acid pretreatment
Abhishek S. Patri, Laura McAlister, Charles M. Cai, R. Kumar +1 more
2019Biotechnology for Biofuels10 citations Open access
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Bamboo as a Cost-Effective Source of Renewable Carbon for Sustainable Economic Development in Low- and Middle-Income Economies
N. B. Ekwe, Maksim V. Tyufekchiev, A. Salifu, K. Schmidt-Rohr +9 more
2022Energies9 citations Open access
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Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass
C. Wyman, Charles M. Cai, Rajeev Kumar
2018Biomass5 citations
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Structure–reactivity relationships governing hydrothermal liquefaction of lignin from co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation (CELF)
Heather O. LeClerc, Ronish M. Shrestha, Feng Cheng, Alex R. Maag +11 more
2024Sustainable Energy & Fuels4 citations Open access
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Co-Solvent Enhanced Production of Platform Fuel Precursors From Lignocellulosic Biomass
Charles M. Cai
20143 citations
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Exploring Molecular Mechanisms of Cosolvent Enhanced Biomass Deconstruction: An Overview of Recent Progress
Barmak Mostofian, L. Petridis, Charles M. Cai
2019American Chemical Society Symposium Series (ACS)2 citations
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Inside Cover: Co‐solvent Pretreatment Reduces Costly Enzyme Requirements for High Sugar and Ethanol Yields from Lignocellulosic Biomass (ChemSusChem 10/2015)
Thanh Yen Nguyen, Charles M. Cai, Rajesh Kumar, C. Wyman
20152 citations
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Correction to: Multiple levers for overcoming the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass
E. Holwerda, Robert S. Worthen, N. Kothari, Ronald C. Lasky +19 more
2019Biotechnology for Biofuels1 citations Open access
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Title Support Induced Control of Surface Composition in Cu-Ni / TiO 2 Catalysts Enables High Yield Co-Conversion of HMF and Furfural to Methylated Furans Permalink
Bhogeswararao Seemala, Charles M. Cai, C. Wyman, P. Christopher
20171 citations
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Bamboo as a cost-effective feedstock for production of low carbon transportation fuels
Tim Woodard, Charles M. Cai, James Walters, M. Timko
2026Sustainable Energy & Fuels0 citations Open access
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Consolidated Bioprocessing of Lignocellulosic Biomass Poplar to Produce Short-Chain Esters by Clostridium thermocellum
Hyeongmin Seo, Priyanka Singh, C. Wyman, Charles M. Cai +1 more
2023bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Cover Feature: Heterogeneous Catalyst Design Principles for the Conversion of Lignin into High‐Value Commodity Fuels and Chemicals (ChemSusChem 8/2020)
M. Gale, Charles M. Cai, K. L. Gilliard‐Abdul‐Aziz
2020ChemSusChem0 citations Open access
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THF Co-Solvent Biomass Fractionation to Catalytic Fuel Precursors with High Yields. Final Report
Charles M. Cai, Bhogeswararao Seemala, Xianzhi Meng, A. Parikh +4 more
20190 citations Open access
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Correlation of Monomer Source and Structure to the Morphology and Properties of Lignin Based Polyurethanes
Umesh M. Shrestha, Jason Lang, Yun-Yan Wang, P. Sengupta +4 more
20180 citations
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