Bio-Based Materials and Their Environmental Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The world faces significant challenges as the population and consumption continue to grow while non-renewable fossil fuels and other raw materials are depleted at ever-increasing rates. Concerns about the overexploitation of non-renewable natural resources on the one hand and the exponentially increasing quantities of biomass that generate a dangerous and worrisome source of pollution, on the other hand, have opened up a potential market for high-performance, low-cost, non-toxic, recyclable, and biodegradable bio-sourced materials. Presently, a transition from fossil-based to a more sustainable and bio-based society is taking place. Formerly, recycling or reusing materials suitable for bio-based products can be notoriously difficult as many ‘waste’ products are hard to process.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to promote scientific and technical progress in the valorization of biomass into bio-based materials, from the extraction of biopolymers, and bio-based mixtures at the macro and nanoscales. This Special Issue aims to highlight the importance of bio-based materials in both research and industry axes. To this end, it will collect contributions on new bio-products, processes, applications, disruptive technologies, and industrial synergies that rely on circular economy principles.

We, therefore, invite scientists and engineers in the field of bio-based materials from the worldwide community to submit case studies, technical developments, research papers, and reviews that are relevant to this context.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Bio-based products: extraction and characterization;
• Production, characterization, and application of bio-based materials for remediation;
• Isolation process of soluble bio-based substances;
• Biotechnological advancements from a biomaterials perspective;

Environmental impacts of bio-based materials.

Prof. Dr. Patrick M. Martin
Dr. Naceur M’Hamdi
Dr. Bochra Bejaoui Kefi
Guest Editors

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