Sustainable Materials from Biomass Resources
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2023) | Viewed by 1266
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting submissions for the Special Issue on “Sustainable Materials from Biomass Resources”.
Biomass resources, which are widely available, are central to achieving the goal to create a sustainable society. Societal concerns demand sustainable processes and products that comply with essential characteristics such as the renewability of feedstocks, degradability, and environmentally benign processing. Therefore, the preparation of materials that are based on biomass resources is an extremely important subject that attracts the interests of government, industries and academia. The conversion of biomass into materials and other products such as chemicals or fuels can be realized by utilizing new biorefineries with great opportunities for advancements in biotechnology, forestry, materials and chemical industries. Lignocellulosic biomass is a plentiful natural resource composed of three structural biopolymers (cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) that is routinely investigated to obtain sustainable, innovative materials that can be used in almost all fields of human activity. We encourage submissions of manuscripts utilizing biomass for the production of polymeric materials for different uses in fields, such as pharmaceutical, packaging, composites, advanced functional materials, etc., as well as articles that emphasize sustainable chemistry and engineering, including new strategies (either new physical or biological processes) for the conversion of biomass into sustainable materials.
Prof. Dr. Guillermo Toriz González
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomass
- lignocellulose
- cellulose
- hemicellulose
- lignin
- xylans
- glucomannans
- materials from lignocellulose
- films
- composites
- hydrogels
- paper
