Kolby Hirth

Treesearch Publications

• Chen Su, Xiu Wang, Kolby Hirth, Matthew A. Arvanitis, Yunfeng Cao, Guigan Fang, Junyong Zhu. 2025. Bioactive lignin from maleic acid hydrotropic fractionation: Revealing the structural–bioactivity relationship
• Biljana Bujanovic, Kolby Hirth, Sally Ralph, Richard Reiner, Prajakta Dongre, Clayton Mickles, Steven D. Karlen, Carlos Baez, Craig M. Clemons. 2024. Use of Renewable Alcohols in Autocatalytic Production of Aspen Organosolv Lignins
• Alexander N. Kapich, Hideki Suzuki, Kolby Hirth, Elena Fernández-Fueyo, Angel T. Martínez, Carl J. Houtman, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2024. The white rot basidiomycete Gelatoporia subvermispora produces fatty aldehydes that enable fungal manganese peroxidases to degrade recalcitrant lignin structures
• Qingzhi Ma, Kolby Hirth, Umesh P. Agarwal, Junyong Zhu. 2022. Oxidative delignification: The roles of lignin reactivity and accessibility
• Chen Su, Kolby Hirth, Zhulan Liu, Yunfeng Cao, Junyong Zhu. 2021. Maleic acid hydrotropic fractionation of wheat straw to facilitate value‐added multi‐product biorefinery at atmospheric pressure
• Michael Mozuch, Kolby Hirth, Thomas J. Schwartz, Philip J. Kersten. 2021. Repurposing Inflatable Packaging Pillows as Bioreactors: a Convenient Synthesis of Glucosone by Whole-Cell Catalysis Under Oxygen
• Umesh P. Agarwal, Richard Reiner, Sally Ralph, Jeffery Catchmark, Kai Chi, E. Johan Foster, Christopher G. Hunt, Carlos Baez, Rebecca E. Ibach, Kolby Hirth. 2021. Characterization of the supramolecular structures of cellulose nanocrystals of different origins
• Chen Su, Kolby Hirth, Zhulan Liu, Yunfeng Cao, Junyong Zhu. 2021. Acid hydrotropic fractionation of switchgrass at atmospheric pressure using maleic acid in comparison with p-TsOH: Advantages of lignin esterification
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Carl J. Houtman, Kolby Hirth, Steven Lacher, Linda F. Lorenz, Emil Engelund Thybring, Christopher G. Hunt. 2020. The effect of acetylation on iron uptake and diffusion in water saturated wood cell walls and implications for decay
• Cheng Cai, Jian Li, Kolby Hirth, George W. Huber, Hongming Lou, Junyong Zhu. 2020. Comparison of two acid hydrotropes for sustainable fractionation of birch wood
• Qingzhi Ma, Kolby Hirth, Huamin Zhai, Junyong Zhu. 2020. Highly bleachable wood fibers containing less condensed lignin from acid hydrotropic fractionation (AHF)
• Cheng Cai, Kolby Hirth, Roland L. Gleisner, Hongming Lou, Xueqing Qiu, Junyong Zhu. 2020. Maleic acid as a dicarboxylic acid hydrotrope for sustainable fractionation of wood at atmospheric pressure and ≤100 °C: mode and utility of lignin esterification
• Huihui Wang, Kolby Hirth, Junjun Zhu, Qianli Ma, Chuanfu Liu, Junyong Zhu. 2019. Dissolution of less-processed wood fibers without bleaching in an ionic liquid: effect of lignin condensation on wood component dissolution
• Zhaojiang Wang, Shi Qiu, Kolby Hirth, Jinlan Cheng, Jialong Wen, Ning Li, Yunming Fang, Xuejun Pan, Junyong Zhu. 2019. Preserving both lignin and cellulose chemical structures: flow-through acid hydrotropic fractionation at atmospheric pressure for complete wood valorization
• Jinlan Cheng, Kolby Hirth, Qianli Ma, Junjun Zhu, Zhaojiang Wang, Junyong Zhu. 2019. Toward sustainable and complete wood valorization by fractionating lignin with low condensation using an acid hydrotrope at low temperatures (≤80 °C)
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Kolby Hirth. 2019. Laboratory immersion method for accelerated prediction of preservative leaching from pressure-treated wood exposed to precipitation
• Umesh P. Agarwal, Sally Ralph, Richard Reiner, Christopher G. Hunt, Carlos Baez, Rebecca E. Ibach, Kolby Hirth. 2018. Production of high lignin-containing and lignin-free cellulose nanocrystals from wood
• Richard Bergman, Michael Berry, Ted Bilek, Tait Bowers, Ivan Eastin, Indroneil Ganguly, Han-Sup Han, Kolby Hirth, Arne Jacobson, Steve Karp, Elaine Oneil, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Francesca Pierobon, Maureen Puettmann, Craig Rawlings, Sevda Alanya Rosenbaum, Kamalakanta Sahoo, Daisuke Sasatani, John Sessions, Cody Sifford, Tom Waddell. 2018. Waste to Wisdom: Utilizing forest residues for the production of bioenergy and biobased products
• Liqing Wei, Shupin Luo, Armando G. McDonald, Umesh P. Agarwal, Kolby Hirth, Laurent M. Matuana, Ronald C. Sabo, Nicole M. Stark. 2017. Preparation and characterization of the nanocomposites from chemically modified nanocellulose and poly(lactic acid)
• Christopher G. Hunt, Steven Lacher, Kolby Hirth, Linda F. Lorenz, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2017. Exploring the hypothesis that limiting diffusion of fungal oxidants underlies decay resistance in acetylated wood
• Liqing Wei, Umesh P. Agarwal, Kolby Hirth, Laurent M. Matuana, Ronald C. Sabo, Nicole M. Stark. 2017. Chemical modification of nanocellulose with canola oil fatty acid methyl ester
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Kolby Hirth. 2017. Technical Note: Comparison of accelerated methods for evaluating leaching from preservative-treated wood
• Liheng Chen, Qianqian Wang, Kolby Hirth, Carlos Baez, Umesh P. Agarwal, Junyong Zhu. 2015. Tailoring the yield and characteristics of wood cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) using concentrated acid hydrolysis
• Joseph Jakes, Christopher G. Hunt, Daniel J. Yelle, Linda F. Lorenz, Kolby Hirth, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, Stefan Vogt, Warren Grigsby, Charles R. Frihart. 2015. Synchrotron-based X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy in Conjunction with Nanoindentation to Study Molecular-Scale Interactions of Phenol–Formaldehyde in Wood Cell Walls
• Peter W. Hart, Carl J. Houtman, Kolby Hirth. 2013. Hydrogen peroxide and caustic soda: Dancing with a dragon while bleaching
• Prasad Kaparaju, Christopher G. Hunt, Daniel J. Yelle, Kolby Hirth, Hoon Kim, John Ralph, Claus Felby. 2012. Two-Dimensional NMR Evidence for Cleavage of Lignin and Xylan Substituents in Wheat Straw Through Hydrothermal Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis
• Ronald C. Sabo, Craig M. Clemons, Kolby Hirth. 2011. The effects of different silane crosslinking approaches on composites of polyethylene blends and wood flour
• Ronald C. Sabo, Michael L. Kaland, Kolby Hirth, Craig M. Clemons. 2011. Effects of silane on the properties of wood-plastic composites with polyethylene-polypropylene blends as matrices
• Biljana Bujanovic, Sally Ralph, Richard Reiner, Kolby Hirth, Rajai Atalla. 2010. Polyoxometalates in oxidative delignification of chemical pulps: effect on lignin
• Biljana Bujanovic, Kolby Hirth, Sally Ralph, Richard Reiner, Rajai Atalla. 2007. Composition of the organic components in polyxometalate (POM) liquors from kraft pulp bleaching
• Patricia Ortiz-Bermudez, Kolby Hirth, Ewald Srebotnik, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2007. Chlorination of lignin by ubiquitous fungi has a likely role in global organochlorine production
• Umesh P. Agarwal, Richard Reiner, Ashok K. Pandey, Sally Ralph, Kolby Hirth, Rajai Atalla. 2005. Raman spectra of lignin model compounds
• Biljana Bujanovic, Richard Reiner, Kolby Hirth, Sally Ralph, Rajai Atalla. 2005. Studies of lignin transformation in polyoxometalate (POM) bleaching of kraft pulp
• Lawrence Landucci, Sally Ralph, Kolby Hirth. 2003. Characterization and reactions of a Salix extractive with a unique ring system
• Anthony H. Conner, Linda F. Lorenz, Kolby Hirth. 2002. Accelerated cure of phenol-formaldehyde resins : studies with model compounds