Introduction
As the world’s most abundant renewable resource lignocel-lulosic biomass has been cknowledged for potential use to produce chemicals and biomaterials. Lignocellulose is a low cost biomass that is abundantly available. The main
constituents of a biomass are cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Out of the three components, cellulose is the most
abundantly available natural resource and the demand for it is steadily growing for its environment-friendly and bio-compatible nature. Cellulose (Fig. 1a [1]) has been used in