Value-Added Agrifood Waste
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 19982
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agrifood waste; biorrefineries; biocatalysis; carotenoids; circular bioecomy; DES; ionic solvents; organic synthesis; platform chemicals; valorization
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Dear Colleagues,
We recently offered to serve as Guest Editors for the Special Issue “Value-Added Agrifood Waste ” of the journal "Molecules" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules).
We hope you will agree to contribute a short communication, research paper, or focus review to this Special Issue. Given below is some information that you may find useful in your consideration of this invitation.
(1) This Special Issue welcomes the submission of previously unpublished manuscripts (original researches or reviews) detailing all aspects of value-added agrifood waste. Examples of these studies may include the following:
- Analytical platform for agrifood waste characterization;
- Isolation of antioxidants;
- Bioethanol production;
- Biomethane production;
- Isolation of cellulose;
- Food additives isolation;
- Green solvents to add value to agrifood wastes;
- Isolation of lignin;
- Lignin oil preparation;
- Lignocellulose characterization;
- Logistic for adding value to agrifood waste;
- Isolation of hemicellulose;
- Preparation of platform chemicals.
You are welcome to generate a unique topic. For more information about the Special Issue, please see
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/special_issues/value-added_agrifood_waste
(2) The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2020, but articles may be submitted sooner as they will be published on an ongoing basis. Currently, the median time from submission to first decision in Molecules is 14 days and the period from acceptance to publication is 4.96 days on average, which is attributed to the rapid processing of papers upon acceptance for publication.
Molecules is fully open-access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes.
In order for us to plan this Special Issue, we kindly ask you to inform us at your earliest convenience if you wish to contribute a paper on this topic.
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Prof. Ramon Canela-Garayoa
Dr. Mercè Balcells
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Biorefineries
- Biotechnology
- Bioplastics
- Carotenoids
- Circular bioeconomy
- DES
- Food additives
- Food fibers
- Ionic solvents
- Organic fertilizers
- Platform chemicals
- Polyphenols
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