Biomass breakdown: The reactivity of recalcitrant cellulose towards hydrolysis is enhanced by pretreatment with a nonthermal atmospheric plasma. Glucose was produced in up to 25 wt % yield from microcrystalline cellulose and α‐cellulose (see picture). This technology is also applicable to the deconstruction of starch and inulin.
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