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Cellulose fibres were depolymerised by dissolving in ionic liquid in the presence of an acid catalyst, Amberlyst 15 DRY.

Soybean seeds surface-coated with depolymerised chitins: chitinase activity as a predictive index for the harvest of beans in field culture.

Mannans are not depolymerised in the digestive tract of the birds due to the lack of mannan-degrading enzymes.

Moreover, it can be depolymerised using a catalyst, so it can be a recyclable tyre," Grubbs added, explaining the group's research further.

Pratt & Whitney is planning engine and combustor tests on four new alternative fuel processes, including an alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) containing 10% synthetic aromatics; an ATJ containing zero aromatics; a hydrotreated depolymerised cellulosic jet (HDCJ) containing 50% synthetic aromatics; and a catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH) containing 16 to 24% synthetic aromatics.

During torrefaction, native hemicellulose is partly depolymerised by hydrolysis and/or thermal chain scission to provide 'reacting hemicellulose' (Bourgois and Guyonnet 1988).

Biodegradable polyurethane block copolymers based on depolymerised cellulose derivatives such as cellulose triacetate have been reported (23, 24).

Fructans polymerised and depolymerised in the internodes of winter wheat as grain-filling progressed.