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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Scalable Lignin Monomer Production Via Machine Learning-Guided Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of Lignocellulose.

Meysam Madadi, Ehsan Kargaran, Seyed Sajad Hashemi, Chihe Sun, Joeri F M Denayer, Keikhosro Karimi, Fubao Sun, Vijai Kumar Gupta

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Precision Lignocellulosic Biorefinery: Process Regulation From Corn Stover to Products.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Meysam MadadiKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7941-8669
Ehsan KargaranKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0859-047X
Seyed Sajad HashemiKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0759-7589
Chihe SunKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
Joeri F M DenayerDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5587-5136
Keikhosro KarimiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-956X
Fubao SunKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
Vijai Kumar GuptaSchool of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin, D09 K20V, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1565-5918

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities JUSRP202501024)National Natural Science Foundation of China 22278189National Natural Science Foundation of China 22478154State Key R&D Program 2025YFA0921201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient valorization of lignocellulosic biomass into high-value lignin monomers is a cornerstone of sustainable biorefineries, yet the complexity of optimizing reductive catalytic fractionation limits industrial scalability. This study presents a machine learning (ML)-driven framework that harnesses 3,451 experimental data points from 54 peer-reviewed studies to model and optimize lignin monomer production. Among four advanced ML models developed, eXtreme Gradient Boosting Regression is found to achieve the highest predictive accuracy (R = 0.80-0.86) with low prediction errors (root mean square error: 3.99-8.31; mean absolute error: 2.85-6.90) for monomer production. Feature importance analysis reveals that operational parameters account for the largest influence (40-57%), followed by substrate content (25-43%) and catalyst-solvent properties (14-21%). The error between experimental and ML-predicted total monomer yields ranges from 2% to 2.6%, demonstrating robust performance of the model. Scaling this approach has the potential to process 140 million tons of aspen biomass annually, can reduce CO

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biomasscatalytic fractionationligninmachine learningsustainable scaling

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