Charles M. Cai

3.6k total citations
43 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Charles M. Cai is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles M. Cai has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Charles M. Cai's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (28 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (24 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (19 papers). Charles M. Cai is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (28 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (24 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (19 papers). Charles M. Cai collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Malawi. Charles M. Cai's co-authors include Charles E. Wyman, Rajeev Kumar, Taiying Zhang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Thanh Yen Nguyen, Bhogeswararao Seemala, Phillip Christopher, Yunyan Wang, Yunqiao Pu and Micholas Dean Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Charles M. Cai

40 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Peers

Charles M. Cai
Agnieszka Brandt‐Talbot United Kingdom
Ashutosh Mittal United States
Fengxia Yue China
Yanding Li United States
Darryn Rackemann Australia
Bálint Fridrich Netherlands
Ydna M. Questell‐Santiago Switzerland
Yingjuan Fu China
Jie Chang China
Claudia Antonetti Italy
Agnieszka Brandt‐Talbot United Kingdom
Charles M. Cai
Citations per year, relative to Charles M. Cai Charles M. Cai (= 1×) peers Agnieszka Brandt‐Talbot

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles M. Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Charles M. Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Charles M. Cai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Charles M. Cai. Charles M. Cai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Meng, Xianzhi, et al.. (2025). Rheology of lignin and lignin-based solutions, dispersions, gels, polymer blends, and melts. Bioresource Technology. 441. 133584–133584.
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Pu, Yunqiao, et al.. (2025). Structure-performance relationships in lignin-based transesterification vitrimers: The role of lignin structural features. Industrial Crops and Products. 237. 122108–122108.
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Zhang, Shuyang, et al.. (2024). Thermally stable and self-healable lignin-based polyester. Polymer Testing. 137. 108515–108515. 7 indexed citations
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Cheng, Feng, Alex R. Maag, Geoffrey A. Tompsett, et al.. (2024). Structure–reactivity relationships governing hydrothermal liquefaction of lignin from co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation (CELF). Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 8(24). 5856–5867. 1 indexed citations
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Seo, Hyeongmin, Priyanka Singh, Charles E. Wyman, Charles M. Cai, & Cong T. Trinh. (2023). Rewiring metabolism of Clostridium thermocellum for consolidated bioprocessing of lignocellulosic biomass poplar to produce short-chain esters. Bioresource Technology. 384. 129263–129263. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Yunyan, et al.. (2021). Polyurethanes Based on Unmodified and Refined Technical Lignins: Correlation between Molecular Structure and Material Properties. Biomacromolecules. 22(5). 2129–2136. 19 indexed citations
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Meng, Xianzhi, Mi Li, Yunyan Wang, et al.. (2020). Synthesis, Characterization, and Utilization of a Lignin-Based Adsorbent for Effective Removal of Azo Dye from Aqueous Solution. ACS Omega. 5(6). 2865–2877. 113 indexed citations
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Pingali, Sai Venkatesh, Micholas Dean Smith, Shih‐Hsien Liu, et al.. (2020). Deconstruction of biomass enabled by local demixing of cosolvents at cellulose and lignin surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(29). 16776–16781. 41 indexed citations
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Bhalla, Aditya, Charles M. Cai, Feng Xu, et al.. (2019). Performance of three delignifying pretreatments on hardwoods: hydrolysis yields, comprehensive mass balances, and lignin properties. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 12(1). 28 indexed citations
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Wang, Yunyan, Charles E. Wyman, Charles M. Cai, & Arthur J. Ragauskas. (2019). Lignin-Based Polyurethanes from Unmodified Kraft Lignin Fractionated by Sequential Precipitation. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 1(7). 1672–1679. 94 indexed citations
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Mostofian, Barmak, Yunqiao Pu, Micholas Dean Smith, et al.. (2019). A Multifunctional Cosolvent Pair Reveals Molecular Principles of Biomass Deconstruction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(32). 12545–12557. 65 indexed citations
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Seemala, Bhogeswararao, Xianzhi Meng, Rajeev Kumar, et al.. (2018). Hybrid Catalytic Biorefining of Hardwood Biomass to Methylated Furans and Depolymerized Technical Lignin. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(8). 10587–10594. 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Yunyan, Mi Li, Charles E. Wyman, Charles M. Cai, & Arthur J. Ragauskas. (2018). Fast Fractionation of Technical Lignins by Organic Cosolvents. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(5). 6064–6072. 102 indexed citations
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Kumar, Rajeev, Samarthya Bhagia, Micholas Dean Smith, et al.. (2018). Cellulose–hemicellulose interactions at elevated temperatures increase cellulose recalcitrance to biological conversion. Green Chemistry. 20(4). 921–934. 55 indexed citations
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Meng, Xianzhi, Bhogeswararao Seemala, Rajeev Kumar, et al.. (2018). Chemical Transformations of Poplar Lignin during Cosolvent Enhanced Lignocellulosic Fractionation Process. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(7). 8711–8718. 90 indexed citations
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Meng, Xianzhi, Bhogeswararao Seemala, Rajeev Kumar, et al.. (2018). Characterization of fractional cuts of co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation lignin isolated by sequential precipitation. Bioresource Technology. 272. 202–208. 66 indexed citations
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Kothari, Ninad, Evert K. Holwerda, Charles M. Cai, Rajeev Kumar, & Charles E. Wyman. (2018). Biomass augmentation through thermochemical pretreatments greatly enhances digestion of switchgrass by Clostridium thermocellum. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 219–219. 27 indexed citations
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