Emerging contaminants are increasingly recognized as persistent soil pollutants with often-unknown environmental effects, yet Mediterranean monitoring data remain scarce. This study compared three established sample preparation approaches and subsequ...
Multifunctional hybrid spheres were developed via ionic gelation, using sodium alginate as an encapsulating matrix to integrate TiO2, Fe3O4, activated carbon, hypochlorite-impregnated clinoptilolite zeolite, and metallic copper, followed by chitosan...
This study reports the development, optimization and mechanistic evaluation of bio-based cellulose/lignin–tannin membrane adsorbents for the removal of representative inorganic and organic water pollutants: Cr(VI), Pb2+, difenoconazole (DFC) an...
Currently, approximately 80% of the energy used worldwide comes from fossil fuels. The production of bioethanol from agro-industrial waste requires pretreatment due to the latter’s rigid structure and resistance to degradation. In this work orange pe...
Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is costly to reprocess, occupies substantial landfill space, and presents significant challenges for reuse. The development of innovative methods for EPS recycling is therefore a promising area of research. This study explo...
This study presents an integrated two-step synthetic protocol for the conversion of coconut and palm oils into high-value bio-based hydrocarbons, alcohols, and aldehydes. The process employs alkaline hydrolysis followed by Kolbe electrolysis. Under r...
Allophane, halloysite, and imogolite are aluminosilicate clays, whose structures mainly contain silicon and aluminum. However, their morphologies differ markedly: allophane occurs as hollow/porous nanospheres, imogolite as single-walled aluminosilica...
Safe drinking water remains an issue all around the world, especially in arid countries that require seawater desalination to obtain safe water. This research seeks to analyze water quality at the major stages of an SWRO plant, i.e., raw seawater int...
Hydrogel-based functional materials have garnered widespread attention across various fields due to their unique three-dimensional network microstructure and versatile, tunable properties. However, owing to the absence of a systematic analysis of the...
Bisphenol A (BPA) epoxy resins are widely used because of their excellent thermal and mechanical properties but are difficult to recycle owing to their highly crosslinked network. This study investigated the effect of curing-agent chemistry on epoxy...
Electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethanol can couple captured carbon with low-carbon electricity, but plant economics depend simultaneously on Faradaic efficiency (FE), current density, full-cell voltage, carbon and product retention, stack durability...
We report a sealed-tube-assisted one-pot oxidative aromatization of in situ-generated dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine intermediates to afford polymethoxylated pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives using sodium persulfate in ethanol, utilizing the Mg...
Driven by the urgent need for large-scale disposal and resource valorization of bauxite residue (red mud), this review adopts a narrative review perspective, grounded in the Earth’s Macro-Cycle concept, and employs a structured yet non-systemat...
Cellulose crystallinity is frequently associated with lignocellulosic biomass digestibility, yet its development during multistep biorefinery processing and its relationship with enzymatic hydrolysis remain difficult to isolate. This study investigat...
This study developed an oleic acid (OA)-functionalized, bio-derived calcium carbonate (Bio-CaCO3) filler recovered from Asian green mussel (Perna viridis) shell waste for incorporation into a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC)-glycerol (Gro) matrix...
Ibuprofen- and diclofenac-loaded organobentonites are thermally converted to carbon-decorated bentonites and probed as materials for supercapacitors and peroxide production. TGA shows a ~40% mass loss in an inert atmosphere and a ~2% further reductio...
In recent years, consumers have been turning to natural products. Following this trend, the European Union has now recognized natural rosemary extract as a natural preservative (E392) in various foods. Considering this, the current study aimed to ext...
Bio-derived functional materials are key platforms for long-term sustainable environmental remediation. Pine wood fibres (WF) are an abundant and renewable material with functional properties suited to specialized applications, including high density...
Biomass-derived nanoengineered carbon materials have emerged as key platforms in environmental technologies due to their high surface area, electrical conductivity, chemical stability, and sustainable synthetic route starting from renewable feedstock...
The contribution of the cathode to system-level efficiency in electrochemical oxidation (EO) is rarely isolated from anodic selectivity limitations, even though its influence on cell voltage, hydrogen evolution kinetics, and energy consumption is wel...
Wine pomace is the residue of pressed grapes from wine production. This research focuses on expanding the use of winery by-products by evaluating the bioactivity and safety of Portugieser wine pomace. Moreover, the study discussed that the valorisati...
The ordered copper-based intermetallic compound Cu0.83Si0.17 is capable of enhancing the catalytic efficiency of the in-demand green process of the electrochemical reaction of ammonia synthesis from nitrite in comparison with a pure copper metal cata...
Plastic waste presents a persistent environmental burden, yet its constituent polymers represent structurally valuable chemical feedstocks. Mechanical recycling remains limited due to polymer degradation, additive contamination, and material downcycl...
Libidibia coriaria (Cascalote), an underutilized leguminous species native to the tropical Americas, is a promising source of bioactive phenolic compounds with pharmaceutical and nutraceutical potential. This study compared microwave-assisted extract...
Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) are typically supplied as a 3 wt.% suspension and this leads to higher costs because of the economics associated with shipping a product that is 97% water. Filter pressing is the common approach to reduce shipping cost as...
Electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) to ethanol offers a potential route for integrating carbon utilization with low-carbon electricity; however, its environmental performance is governed by the complete process system rather than by ca...
The isoxazole-5-one ring system is a central structure in many synthetic bioactive molecules, showing a wide range of biological activities, including antibacterial, antitumor, anticorrosion, antifungal, antituberculosis, and antioxidant. They are al...
Black seed (Nigella sativa L., Ranunculaceae) possesses antimicrobial activity due to its bioactive compound, thymoquinone. This study aimed to extract thymoquinone from black seed using an alternative natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES) through an...
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have undergone a remarkable transformation over the past two decades, evolving from a laboratory curiosity into one of the most actively investigated solvent platforms in green chemistry. Yet, despite this rapid expansio...
This work reports the design and validation of a reusable platinum (Pt) electrode platform (ST-E) for green electrochemical analysis. The device integrates Pt working and counter electrodes with an external Ag/AgCl reference and is engineered for rep...
This study investigates the synthesis of La0.6Ca0.4FeO3 (LCF) perovskite via a ball milling method for application in reverse water–gas shift chemical looping (RWGS-CL) for CO2-to-CO conversion. Unlike conventional wet-chemical routes such as t...
The replacement of n-hexane in vegetable oil extraction remains a significant challenge due to environmental and health concerns. This study integrates thermodynamic modeling and kinetic analysis to evaluate green solvents for soybean oil extraction....
Sample preparation is frequently a time-consuming process and can be a major bottleneck in many analytical techniques that involve some form of modification to a sample so that it can be analyzed without interference or to increase its sensitivity. A...
Sustainable binders are becoming decisive enabling materials for fiber-based packaging and cellulosic nonwovens because they govern strength, coating integrity, barrier performance, printability, wet durability, and end-of-life behavior. However, rep...
Ruthenium possesses outstanding properties and is widely utilized in many fields. However, its natural scarcity makes the recovery of ruthenium from waste liquids particularly important. A dendrimer-grafted chitosan adsorbent is synthesized through M...
The contamination of aquatic environments by cadmium and other toxic heavy metals represents a major environmental concern requiring efficient and operationally sustainable remediation strategies. In this work, iron oxide materials were synthesized t...
Electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethanol is a promising route for circular carbon fuel and chemical production, but practical implementation remains limited by coupled membrane, catalyst, transport, and system integration constraints. This Communicat...
In recent years, there has been growing awareness of the potential harmful effects that analytical methods can have on human health and the environment. Green analytical chemistry (GAC) integrates sustainability into chemical analysis by emphasizing...
This study aimed to improve the mechanical integrity of Styrofoam membranes fabricated from post-consumer food packaging. To this end, 3D-printing byproduct—thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) waste—was blended with polyimide (PI) in the mem...
Persistent organic contaminants and complex wastewater matrices challenge conventional treatment because parent-compound removal does not necessarily imply mineralization, detoxification, or improved environmental safety. Advanced oxidation processes...
Lepidopteran pests cause severe global economic damage; they are currently mitigated by synthetic pesticides that trigger widespread resistance and environmental toxicity. This systematic review evaluates the potential of Piper essential oils (EOs) a...
This study explores the use of microwave-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds from peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) using aqueous ethanolic and β-cyclodextrin solvents. The experiments were performed according to Response Surface Methodolog...
Research on edible and biodegradable film packaging (EBFP) has increased significantly to explore sustainable alternatives to synthetic packaging and mitigate its environmental impacts. Biomaterials extracted from agricultural food waste (AFW) may be...
The persistence and hazardous potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), with compounds such as anthracene and phenanthrene, raise significant concerns about human health and environmental safety. PAHs are ubiquitous environmental pollutan...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have found wide application in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and water electrolysers (PEMELs), thanks to their exceptional chemical and thermal stability. However, their environmental persiste...
Plastic manufacturing depends heavily on petroleum-derived monomers like terephthalic acid, the main component of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). However, the depletion of fossil resources and increasing environmental concerns have heightened the n...
The avocado oil industry discards residues from the peeling and destoning steps primarily as mixtures with high biofunctional potential. Extracts from a residual avocado oil industry (RAOI) mixture were evaluated for the effects of green technologies...
In this work, density functional theory (DFT) was used to comparatively investigate the thermodynamic and electronic factors governing the association of Cd(II), Hg(II), and Pd(II) with native chitosan (CTS) and functionalized derivatives (CTS–...
Wheat straw is an abundant agricultural residue with high potential for carbohydrate-based bioconversion, yet its efficient utilization is limited by lignocellulosic recalcitrance. This study systematically investigated Organosolv extraction of wheat...
The adsorption and activation of CO2 on CuxScy nanoclusters with x + y equal to 4 were analyzed using DFT and PDOS and TDOS signatures. The geometries of Cu3Sc, Cu2Sc2, and CuSc3 were optimized in the gas phase, and the minima were verified by freque...
