Advances in Sustainable and Green Chemistry
A special issue of ChemEngineering (ISSN 2305-7084).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food chemistry; bioactive compounds; innovative extraction technology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: analytical chemistry; food chemistry; food packaging; waste and by-product valorisation; innovative extraction technology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, we aim to collect new developments and trends in sustainable and green chemistry, including innovative extraction methods and applications of extracts and biopolymers isolated from various food waste and by-products of industrial processing. Waste avoidance and the use of techniques to recover various functional ingredients are therefore favoured over recycling and disposal. Topics of interest include sustainable and environmentally friendly extraction processes such as ultrasound, microwaves, high hydrostatic pressure, enzymes, and hydrodistillation. In addition to the use of various environmentally friendly extraction processes, this Special Issue presents the application of extracts and extracted biopolymers in various functional forms, e.g. as additives for edible packaging films, as well as their physicochemical testing.
Overall, this Special Issue aims at expanding knowledge on the application of innovative extraction processes in the recovery of bioactive compounds from plant food waste or by-products and the incorporation of extracts and biopolymers, with a focus on ecological compatibility and sustainability as well as their new applications.
These characteristics make green extraction processes attractive in the context of the circular economy and green chemistry principles, with a focus on the principles of recovery and waste minimisation.
Therefore, with this Special Issue, you are invited to advance this amazing field of chemical engineering.
Prof. Dr. Maja Dent
Prof. Dr. Antonela Ninčević Grassino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- innovative extraction techniques
- bioactive compounds
- plant food waste
- green chemistry
- ultrasound-assisted extraction
- microwave-assisted extraction
- high hydrostatic pressure
- enzyme-assisted extraction
- edible film
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