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Cellulosic material Avicel was treated with supercritical carbon dioxide to increase the reactivity of cellulose, thereby to enhance the rate and the extent of cellulose hydrolysis. Upon an explosive release of the carbon dioxide pressure, the disruption of the cellulosic structure increases the accessible surface area of the cellulosic substrate to enzymatic hydrolysis. This explosion pretreatment enhances the rate of the Avicel hydrolysis as well as increases glucose yield by as much as 50%.
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Zheng, Y., Lin, HM., Wen, J. et al. Supercritical carbon dioxide explosion as a pretreatment for cellulose hydrolysis. Biotechnol Lett 17, 845–850 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129015