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Arthur J. Ragauskas,1*Charlotte K. Williams,4Brian H. Davison,6George Britovsek,4John Cairney,2Charles A. Eckert,3William J. Frederick, Jr.,3Jason P. Hallett,3David J. Leak,5Charles L. Liotta,1Jonathan R. Mielenz,6Richard Murphy,5Richard Templer,4Timothy Tschaplinski7
Biomass represents an abundant carbon-neutral renewable resourcefor the production of bioenergy and biomaterials, and its enhanceduse would address several societal needs. Advances in genetics,biotechnology, process chemistry, and engineering are leadingto a new manufacturing concept for converting renewable biomassto valuable fuels and products, generally referred to as thebiorefinery. The integration of agroenergy crops and biorefinerymanufacturing technologies offers the potential for the developmentof sustainable biopower and biomaterials that will lead to anew manufacturing paradigm.
1 School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. 2 School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. 3 School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. 4 Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. 5 Division of Biology, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. 6 Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA. 7 Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: arthur.ragauskas{at}chemistry.gatech.edu
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