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Ray Fort

Ray Fort

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Hemicelluloses are chains of different kinds of sugars, connected to lignin. We are using computer modeling to determine the best ways to disconnect the individual sugars from each other and from the lignin, for use in fuels and other products.


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I am doing molecular modeling related to the hydrolysis and oxidation of hemicelluloses and lignin. We are modeling enzyme-substrate interactions, calculating oxidation potentials, and evaluating reaction transition states.

 

Featured Publications
Publication IconMechanisms of oxidative degradation of carbohydrates during oxygen delignification. II. Reaction of photochemically generated hydroxyl radicals with methyl-β-cellobioside
Publication IconMechanisms of oxidative degradation of carbohydrates during oxygen delignificaion. III. Reaction of photochemically generated hydroxyl radicals with 1.5-androcellobitol

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Contact Information

252 Aubert Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
tel: (207) 581-1180
E-mail: rcfort@maine.edu
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This project is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EPS-0554545 This project is supported by the Department of Energy EPSCoR program under award number DE-FG02-07ER46373