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James McManus
Bioproducts Research
RESEARCH CHEMIST

Phone: (510) 559-6492
Fax: (510) 559-5818

USDA, ARS, PWA, WRRC-BRU
800 BUCHANAN STREET
ALBANY, CA 94710

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Projects
Zero Waste Agricultural Processing
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 439387
Alleviating Specialty Crop Export Barriers to France with Home Compostable Stickers
Interagency Reimbursable Agreement (I)
  Accession Number: 441445

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Protonation of surface carboxyls on rice straw cellulose nanofibrils: Effect on the aerogel structure, modulus, strength, and wet resiliency Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Patterson, G.D., McManus, J.D., Orts, W.J., Hsieh, Y. 2023. Protonation of surface carboxyls on rice straw cellulose nanofibrils: Effect on the aerogel structure, modulus, strength, and wet resiliency. Biomacromolecules. 24(5):2052-2062. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01478.
Garbage to nanocellulose: Quantitative isolation and characterization of steam-treated carboxymethyl holocellulose nanofibrils from municipal solid waste Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Patterson, G.D., McManus, J.D., McSpedon, D., Nazneen, S., Wood, D.F., Williams, T.G., Hart-Cooper, W.M., Orts, W.J. 2023. Garbage to nanocellulose: Quantitative isolation and characterization of steam-treated carboxymethyl holocellulose nanofibrils from municipal solid waste. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(7). Article 2727-2736. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c05236.
Cellulose and lignocellulose nanofibrils and amphiphilic and wet-resilient aerogels with concurrent sugar extraction from almond hulls Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Patterson, G.D., Orts, W.J., McManus, J.D., Hsieh, Y. 2022. Cellulose and lignocellulose nanofibrils and amphiphilic and wet-resilient aerogels with concurrent sugar extraction from almond hulls. ACS Agricultural Science and Technology. 3(1):140-151. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsagscitech.2c00264.