| Abstract: A method including reducing a particle size of lignin particles to an
average particle size less than 40 nanometers; after reducing the
particle size, combining the lignin particles with a polymeric material;
and forming a structure of the combination. A method including exposing
lignin to a diazonium precursor including a functional group; modifying
the lignin by introducing the functional group to the lignin; and
combining the modified lignin with a polymeric material to form a
composite. An apparatus including a composite of a polymer and lignin
wherein the lignin has an average particle size less than 100
micrometers. |
| Filed: 8/29/2012 |
| Application Number: 13/597928 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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