Southern
Research Station

Featured Publications and Products

• Mitchell, D.; Elder, T. 2010. Torrefaction? What’s that? .
• Elder, Thomas. 2010. Reactivity of lignin and lignans: Correlation with molecular orbital calculations.
• Elder, Thomas. 2010. A computational study of pyrolysis reactions of lignin model compounds.
• Thygesen, Lisbeth G.; Elder, Thomas. 2009.

  Moisture in untreated, acetylated, and furfurylated Norway Spruce monitored during drying below fiber saturation using time domain NMR

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• Thygesen, Lisabeth G.; Elder, Thomas. 2008. Moisture in untreated, a cetylated, and furfurylated Norway spruce studied during drying using time domain NMR.

Publications

• Elder, Thomas ; del Río, José C.; Ralph, John ; Rencoret, Jorge ; Kim, Hoon . 2022. Density functional theory study on the coupling and reactions of diferuloylputrescine as a lignin monomer.
• Houston, Ross W.; Elder, Thomas J.; Abdoulmoumine, Nourredine H. 2022. Investigation into the Pyrolysis Bond Dissociation Enthalpies (BDEs) of a Model Lignin Oligomer Using Density Functional Theory (DFT).
• More, Ajinkya ; Elder, Thomas ; Jiang, Zhihua . 2021. A review of lignin hydrogen peroxide oxidation chemistry with emphasis on aromatic aldehydes and acids.
• Berstis, Laura ; Elder, Thomas ; Dixon, Richard ; Crowley, Michael ; Beckham, Gregg T. 2021. Coupling of flavonoid initiation sites with monolignols studied by density functional theory.
• Ando, Daisuke ; Lu, Fachuang ; Kim, Hoon ; Eugene, Alexis ; Tobimatsu, Yuki ; Vanholme, Ruben ; Elder, Thomas J.; Boerjan, Wout ; Ralph, John . 2021. Incorporation of catechyl monomers into lignins: lignification from the non-phenolic end via Diels-Alder cycloaddition?.
• Azad, Tanzina ; Torres, Hazl F.; Auad, Maria L.; Elder, Thomas ; Adamczyk, Andrew J. 2021. Isolating key reaction energetics and thermodynamic properties during hardwood model lignin pyrolysis.
• Mitchell, Dana ; Smidt, Mathew ; McDonald, Tim ; Elder, Tom . 2021. Issue and opportunities for salvaging storm damaged wood.
• Rajan, Kalavathy ; D’Souza, Doris H.; Kim, Keonhee ; Choi, Joseph Moon; Elder, Thomas ; Carrier, Danielle Julie; Labbé, Nicole . 2021. Production and characterization of high value prebiotics from biorefinery-relevant feedstocks.
• Elder, Thomas ; Rencoret, Jorge ; del Río, José C.; Kim, Hoon ; Ralph, John . 2021. Radical coupling reactions of hydroxystilbene glucosides and coniferyl alcohol: A density functional theory study.
• Bansode, Archana ; Barde, Mehul ; Asafu-Adjaye, Osei ; Patil, Vivek ; Hinkle, John ; Via, Brian K.; Adhikari, Sushil ; Adamczyk, Andrew J.; Farag, Ramsis ; Elder, Thomas ; Labbé, Nicole ; Auad, Maria L. 2021. Synthesis of biobased novolac phenol–formaldehyde wood adhesives from biorefinery-derived lignocellulosic biomass.
• More, Ajinkya ; Elder, Thomas ; Jiang, Zhihua . 2021. Towards a new understanding of the retro-aldol reaction for oxidative conversion of lignin to aromatic aldehydes and acids.
• Cooper, Connor J.; Alam, Shahrina ; Nziko, Vincent de Paul N.; Johnston, Ryne C.; Ivanov, Alexander S.; Mou, Zhongyu ; Turpin, David B.; Rudie, Alan W.; Elder, Thomas J.; Bozell, Joseph J.; Parks, Jerry M. 2020. Co(salen)-catalyzed oxidation of lignin models to form benzoquinones and benzaldehydes: A computational and experimental study.
• Elder, Thomas ; del Río, José C.; Ralph, John ; Rencoret, Jorge ; Kim, Hoon ; Beckham, Gregg T.; Crowley, Michael F. 2020. Coupling and reactions of lignols and new lignin monomers: A density functional theory study.
• Zuleta, Ernesto C.; Goenaga, Gabriel A.; Zawodzinski, Thomas A.; Elder, Thomas ; Bozell, Joseph J. 2020. Deactivation of Co-Schiff base catalysts in the oxidation of para -substituted lignin models for the production of benzoquinones.
• del Río, José C.; Rencoret, Jorge ; Gutiérrez, Ana ; Elder, Thomas ; Kim, Hoon ; Ralph, John . 2020. Lignin monomers from beyond the canonical monolignol biosynthetic pathway: Another brick in the wall.
• Azad, Tanzina ; Schuler, Jonathan D.; Auad, Maria L.; Elder, Thomas ; Adamczyk, Andrew J. 2020. Model lignin oligomer pyrolysis: Coupled conformational and thermodynamic analysis of β-O-4′ bond cleavage.
• Iglesias, Maria C.; Shivyari, Niloofar ; Norris, Ann ; Martin-Sampedro, Raquel ; Eugenio, M. E.; Lahtinen, Panu ; Auad, Maria L.; Elder, Thomas ; Jiang, Zhihua ; Frazier, Charles E.; Peresin, Maria S. 2020. The effect of residual lignin on the rheological properties of cellulose nanofibril suspensions.
• Rajan, Kalavathy ; Elder, Thomas ; Abdoulmoumine, Nourredine ; Carrier, Danielle Julie; Labbé, Nicole . 2020. Understanding the in situ state of lignocellulosic biomass during ionic liquids-based engineering of renewable materials and chemicals.
• Mandalika, A. ; Bragg, D. ; Schuler, J. ; Baker, D. ; Elder, T. ; Groom, L. . 2019. Potential of natural-origin loblolly pine tree fractions as a bioenergy feedstock.
• Elder, Thomas ; Carlos del Río, José ; Ralph, John ; Rencoret, Jorge ; Kim, Hoon ; Beckham, Gregg T. 2019. Radical coupling reactions of piceatannol and monolignols: A density functional theory study.
• Key, Rebecca E.; Elder, Thomas ; Bozell, Joseph J. 2019. Steric effects of bulky tethered arylpiperazines on the reactivity of Co-Schiff base oxidation catalysts—a synthetic and computational study.
• Kathahira, Rui ; Elder, Thomas J.; Beckham, Gregg T. 2018. A Brief Introduction to Lignin Structure.
• Hosoya, Takashi ; Zwirchmayr, Nele Sophie; Klinger, Karl Michael; Reiter, Heidemarie ; Spitzbart, Martin ; Dietz, Thomas ; Eibinger, Klaus ; Kreiner, Wolfgang ; Mahler, Arnulf Kai; Winter, Heribert ; Röder, Thomas ; Potthast, Antje ; Elder, Thomas ; Rosenau, Thomas . 2018. Chromophores in cellulosics, XVIII. Degradation of the cellulosic key chromophore 5,8-dihydroxy-[1,4]-naphthoquinone under conditions of chlorine dioxide pulp bleaching: a combined experimental and theoretical study.
• Zwirchmayr, Nele S.; Henniges, Ute ; Bacher, Markus ; Hosoya, Takashi ; Reiter, Heidemarie ; Spitzbart, Martin ; Dietz, Thomas ; Eibinger, Klaus ; Kreiner, Wolfgang ; Mahler, Arnulf Kai; Winter, Heribert ; Röder, Thomas ; Potthast, Antje ; Elder, Thomas ; Rosenau, Thomas . 2018. Degradation of the cellulosic key chromophores 2,5- and 2,6-dihydroxyacetophenone by hydrogen peroxide under alkaline conditions. Chromophores in cellulosics, XVII.
• Kim, Pyoungchung ; Hamilton, Choo ; Elder, Thomas ; Labbé, Nicole . 2018. Effect of non-structural organics and inorganics constituents of switchgrass during pyrolysis.
• Hosoya, Takashi ; Bacher, Markus ; Potthast, Antje ; Elder, Thomas ; Rosenau, Thomas . 2018. Insights into degradation pathways of oxidized anhydroglucose units in cellulose by β-alkoxy-elimination: a combined theoretical and experimental approach.
• Zwirchmayr, Nele Sophie; Elder, Thomas; Bacher, Markus; Hofinger-Horvath, Andreas; Kosma, Paul; Rosenau, Thomas. 2017. 2,4,5-trihydroxy-3-methylacetophenone: A cellulosic chromophore as a case study of aromaticity.
• Elder, Thomas; Berstis, Laura; Beckham, Gregg T.; Crowley, Michael F. 2017. Density functional theory study of spirodienone stereoisomers in lignin.
• Wang, Zi; Mai, Khiet; Kumar, Nitin; Elder, Thomas; Groom, Leslie H.; Spivey, James J. 2017. Effect of steam during Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis using biomass-derived syngas.
• Huang, Yang; Sun, Shaolong; Huang, Chen; Yong, Qiang; Elder, Thomas; Tu, Maobing. 2017. Stimulation and inhibition of enzymatic hydrolysis by organosolv lignins as determined by zeta potential and hydrophobicity.
• Elder, Thomas; Berstis, Laura; Zwirchmayr, Nele Sophie; Beckham, Gregg T.; Crowley, Michael F. 2017.  The application of computational chemistry to lignin.
• Li, Mei; Elder, Thomas; Buschle-Diller, Gisela. 2016. Alginate-based polysaccharide beads for cationic contaminant sorption from water.
• Elder, Thomas; Berstis, Laura; Beckham, Gregg T.; Crowley, Michael F. 2016. Coupling and reactions of 5- hydroxyconiferyl alcohol in lignin formation.
• Njiojob, Costyl N.; Bozell, Joseph J.; Long, Brian K.; Elder, Thomas; Key, Rebecca E.; Hartwig, William T. 2016. Enantioselective syntheses of lignin models: an efficient synthesis of B-O-4 dimers and trimers by using the Evans chiral auxiliary.
• Chen, Liheng; Zhu, Junyong; Baez, Carlos; Kitin, Peter; Elder, Thomas. 2016. Highly thermal-stable and functional cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibrils produced using fully recyclable organic acids.
• Das, Parthapratim; Elder, Thomas; Brennessel, William W.; Chmely, Stephen C. 2016. Iron piano-stool complexes containing NHC ligands outfitted with pendent arms: synthesis, characterization, and screening for catalytic transfer hydrogenation.
• Berstis, Laura; Elder, Thomas; Crowley, Michael; Beckham, Gregg T. 2016. Radical nature of C- lignin.
• Xie, Rui; Tu, Maobing; Elder, Thomas. 2016. Substituent effect of phenolic aldehyde inhibition on alcoholic fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
• Kim, Keonhee; Labbé, Nicole; Warren, Jeffrey M.; Elder, Thomas; Rials, Timothy G. 2015. Chemical and anatomical changes in Liquidambar styraciflua L.xylem after long term exposure to elevated CO₂.
• Mai, Khiet; Elder, Thomas; Groom, Les; Spivey, James J. 2015. Fe-based Fischer Tropsch Synthesis of biomass-derived syngas: Effect of synthesis method.
• Elder, Thomas. 2014. Bond dissociation enthalpies of a pinoresinol lignin model compound.
• Simkovic, Ivan; Kelnar, Ivan; Uhliarikova, Iveta; Mdndichi, Raniero; Mandalika, Anurag; Elder, Thomas. 2014. Carboxymethylated-, hydroxypropylsulfonated- and quaternized xylan derivative films.
• Elder, Thomas; Beste, Ariana. 2014. Density functional theory study of the concerted pyrolysis mechanism for lignin models.
• Sharma, Pratibha; Elder, Thomas; Groom, Leslie H.; Spivey, James J. 2014. Effect of structural promoters on Fe-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of biomass derived syngas.
• Köhnke, Tobias; Elder, Thomas; Theliander, Hans; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2014. Ice templated and cross-linked xylan/nanocrystalline cellulose hydrogels.
• Bozell, Joseph J.; Biannic, Berenger; Cedeno, Diana; Elder, Thomas; Hosseinaei, Omid; Delbeck, Lukas; Kim, Jae-Woo; O'Lenick, C.J.; Young, Timothy. 2014. Integrating separation and conversion - Conversion of biorefinery process streams to biobased chemicals and fuels.
• Sun, Qining; Mandalika, Anurag; Elder, Thomas; Nair, Sandeep S.; Meng, Xianzhi; Huang, Fang; Ragauskas, Art J. 2014. Nanocomposite film prepared by depositing xylan on cellulose nanowhiskers matrix.
• Dute, Roland; Bowen, Lauren; Schier, Sarah; Vevon, Alexa; Best, Troy; Auad, Maria; Elder, Thomas; Bouche, Pauline; Jansen, Steven. 2014. Pit membranes of Ephedra resemble gymnosperms more than angiosperms.
• Biannic, Berenger; Bozell, Joseph J.; Elder, Thomas. 2014. Steric effects in the design of Co-Schiff base complexes for the catalytic oxidation of lignin models to para-benzoquinones.
• Sammons, Rhea J.; Harper, David P.; Labbe, Nicole; Bozell, Joseph J.; Elder, Thomas; Rials, Timothy G. 2013. Characterization of Organosolv Lignins using Thermal and FT-IR Spectroscopic Analysis.
• So, ChiLeung; Myszewski, Jennifer; Elder, Thomas; Groom, Les. 2013. Rapid analysis of the microfibril angle of loblolly pine from two test sites using near-infrared analysis.
• Elder, Thomas; Bozell, Joseph; Cedeno, Diana. 2013. The effect of axial ligand on the oxidation of syringyl alcohol by Co(salen) adducts.
• Elder, Thomas; Houtman, Carl. 2013. Time-domain NMR study of the drying of hemicellulose extracted aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.).
• Fonseca Silva, Teresa Cristina; Habibi, Youssef; Colodette, Jorge Luiz; Elder, Thomas; Lucia, Lucian A. 2012. A fundamental investigation of the microarchitecture and mechanical properties of tempo-oxidized nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC)-based aerogels.
• Dash, Rajalaxmi; Elder, Thomas; Ragauskas, Arthur. 2012. Grafting of model primary amine compounds to cellulose nanowhiskers through periodate oxidation.
• Köhnke, Tobias; Lin, Angela; Elder, Thomas; Theliander, Hans; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2012. Nanoreinforced xylan–cellulose composite foams by freeze-casting.
• Xu, Daiqiang; Voiges, Kristen; Elder, Thomas; Mischnick, Petra; Edgar, Kevin J. 2012. Regioselective Synthesis of Cellulose Ester Homopolymers.
• Han, Wenjia; Zhao, Chuanshan; Elder, Thomas; Yang, Rendang; Kim, Dongho; Pu, Yunqiao; Hsieh, Jeffery; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2012. Study on the Modification of Bleached Eucalyptus Kraft Pulp Using Birch Xylan.
• Dute, Roland R.; Elder, Thomas. 2011. Atomic force microscopy of torus-bearing pit membranes.
• Saxena, Amit; Foston, Marcus; Kassaee, Mohamad; Elder, Thomas J.; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2011. Biopolymer nanocomposite films reinforced with nanocellulose whiskers.
• Saxena, Amit; Elder, Thomas J.; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2011. Moisture barrier properties of xylan composite films.
• Chundawat, Shishir P. S.; Donohoe, Bryon S.; Sousa, Leonardo da Costa; Elder, Thomas; Agarwal, Umesh P.; Lu, Fachuang; Ralph, John; Himmel, Michael E.; Balan, Venkatesh; Dale, Bruce E. 2011. Multi-scale visualization and characterization of lignocellulosic plant cell wall deconstruction during thermochemical pretreatment.
• Elder, Thomas; Groom, Leslie H. 2011. Pilot-scale gasification of woody biomass.
• Elder, Thomas; Kush, John S.; Hermann, Sharon M. 2011. Thermogravimetric analysis of forest understory grasses.
• Saxena, Amit; Elder, Thomas J.; Kenvin, Jeffrey; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2010. High oxygen nanocomposite barrier films based on xylan and nanocrystalline cellulose.
• Kristensen, Jan B.; Thygesen Lisbeth, G.; Felby, Claus; Jorgensen, Henning; Elder, Thomas. 2008. Cell-wall structural changes in wheat straw pretreated for bioethanol production.
• Dang, Zheng; Elder, Thomas; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2007. Alkaline peroxide treatment of ECF bleached softwood kraft pulps. Part 1. characterizing the effect of alkaline peroxide treatment on carboxyl groups of fibers.
• Dang, Zheng; Elder, Thomas; Hsieh, Jeffery S.; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2007. Alkaline peroxide treatment of ECF bleached softwood kraft pulps: part 2. effect of increased fiber charge on refining, wet-end application, and hornification.
• Eberhardt, Thomas L.; Elder, Thomas; Labbe, Nicole. 2007. Analysis of ethanol-soluble extractives in southern pine wood by low-field proton NMR.
• Pu, Yunqiao; Zhang, Jianguo; Elder, Thomas; Deng, Yulin; Gatenholm, Paul; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2007. Investigation into nanocellulosics versus acacia reinforced acrylic films.
• Elder, Thomas. 2007. Quantum chemical determination of young?s modulus of lignin. Calculations on ß-O-4' model compound.
• Labbe, Nicole; Harper, David; Rials, Timothy; Elder, Thomas. 2006. Chemical structure of wood charcoal by infrared spectroscopy and multivariate analysis.
• Dang, Zheng; Elder, Thomas; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2006. Influence of kraft pulping on carboxylate content of softwood kraft pulps.
• So, Chi-Leung; Elder, Thomas; Groom, Leslie; Kush, John S.; Myszewski, Jennifer; Shupe, Todd. 2006. The application of nirvana to silvicultural studies.
• Elder, Thomas; Labbe, Nicole; Harper, David; Rials, Timothy. 2006. Time domain-nuclear magnetic resonance study of chars from southern hardwoods.
• Vander Wielen, Lorraine C.; Elder, Thomas; Ragauskas, Arthur J. 2005. Analysis of the topochemical effects of dielectric-barrier discharge on cellulosic fibers.
• Kelley, Stephen S.; Elder, Thomas; Groom, Leslie H. 2005. Changes in the chemical composition and spectroscopy of loblolly pine medium density fiberboard furnish as a function of age and refining pressure.
• Gadhe, Jayant B.; Gupta, Ram B.; Elder, Thomas. 2005. Surface modification of lignocellulosic fibers using high-frequency ultrasound.
• Groom, Leslie; So, Chi-Leung; Elder, Thomas; Pesacreta, Thomas; Rials, Tim. 2004. Effect of refining pressure and resin viscosity and resin flow, distribution, and penetration of MDF fibers.
• Rosenau, Thomas; Elder, Thomas; Potthast, Antje; Herbert, Sixta; Kosma, Paul. 2003. The lyocell process: Cellulose solutions in N-Methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) - degradation processes and stabilizers.