Sustainable Chemistry, Volume 2, Issue 1

This study compared the yield of biodiesel produced from tall oil fatty acids (TOFA) via (i) homogeneous catalyst (sulfuric acid) and (ii) a heterogeneous catalyst (Amberlyst^® BD20, together with Ambersep BD 19 (Midcontinental Chemical Co., Olathe, K...

The rapid growth, demand, and production of batteries to meet various emerging applications, such as electric vehicles and energy storage systems, will result in waste and disposal problems in the next few years as these batteries reach end-of-life....

Proteins are bioactive compounds with high potential to be applied in the biopharmaceutical industry, food science and as biocatalysts. However, protein stability is very difficult to maintain outside of the native environment, which hinders their ap...

The task-specific design of ionic liquids (ILs) has emerged in several industrial and pharmaceutical applications. The family of ILs with fluorine tags equal to or longer than four carbon atoms, the fluorinated ionic liquids (FILs), combine the best...

Supercritical CO₂ (ScCO₂) emulsion has attracted lots of attention, which could benefit both climate control via CO₂ storage and industry revenue through significantly increased oil recovery simultaneously. Historically, aqueous soluble surfactants h...

Enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) is a relatively new bio-cementation technique for ground improvement. In EICP, calcium carbonate (${\mathrm{CaCO}}_3$) precipitation occurs via urea hydrolysis catalysed by the urease enzyme sourced from plants. EICP o...

Ionic liquids are critical reagents for science and technical processes nowadays. Metals are the most used reagents in the industry. It is crucial to have a deeper understanding of how ionic liquids and metals could interact. In this article the inte...

The review will discuss the methods that have been optimized so far for the enzymatic hydrolysis of soapstock into enriched mixtures of free fatty acids, in order to offer a sustainable alternative to the procedure which is currently employed at the...

In this study, chitosan-based composite films blended with a dextran like exopolysaccharide derived from lactic acid bacteria were prepared using the solvent casting method. Later, these composite films were plasticized with 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO)...

This study has developed novel fully bio-based resorcinol epoxy resin–diatomite composites by a green two-stage process based on the living character of the cationic polymerization. This process comprises the photoinitiation and subsequently the ther...

Pine as a softwood and poplar as a hardwood pretreated with hydrochloric acid (HCl), phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄), and hypophosphorous acid (H₃PO₂) are studied for the pyrolytic properties and products in thermogravimetry (TG) and fixed bed reactor. The p...

The Co4Cat^TM process is a simple, surfactant-free method to produce colloidal dispersions of precious metal nanoparticles in alkaline mono-alcohols. The synthesis is performed in low-boiling-point solvents and is relevant for industrial production. T...