Symmetry/Asymmetry in Sustainable Processes: Waste Valorization and Green Engineering Approaches
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 209
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Interests: water treatment; waste valorisation; adsorption; advanced oxidation processes; carbonaceous materials; extraction
Interests: chemical engineering; environmental science; energy; chemistry materials; science engineering; biochemistry; genetics and molecular biology; immunology and microbiology; agricultural and biological sciences
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Interests: microalgae; microalgae technologies; biofuels; bioprocess engineering; biotechnology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Symmetry explores developments in sustainable and eco-friendly processes, with a focus on waste treatment and valorisation.
Currently, it is crucial to develop innovative strategies that optimise waste utilisation and minimise environmental impact. Thus, this Special Issue highlights contributions that offer efficient and scalable solutions for sustainable resource management to foster a greener industry and a circular economy.
This Special Issue, titled “Symmetry/Asymmetry in Sustainable Processes: Waste Valorization and Green Engineering Approaches”, welcomes original research and review articles on emerging technologies for waste treatment and/or waste conversion into high-value-added products, including catalytic and separation processes, with an emphasis on symmetry and asymmetry issues. Topics relating to symmetry-related problems include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Asymmetric catalysis in the treatment and valorization of waste and evaluation of the reaction pathway, selectivity, or yield in terms of the structural symmetry of the reactants and/or products.
- Synthesis and characterisation of chiral catalysts used to obtain high added-value products from waste.
- Selective separation of enantiomers found in waste, evaluating the influence of chirality in the process.
- Characterisation of wastes, high value-added products, or other solid materials involved in the catalysis or separation process through the application of techniques such as X-ray diffraction, which provides insights regarding the symmetry/asymmetry issues of the structure.
Dr. Pablo Gutiérrez-Sánchez
Prof. Dr. Luis Fernando Bautista
Prof. Dr. Gemma Vicente
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waste valorization
- circular economy
- catalysis separation processes
- catalyst/sorbent characterisation
- green engineering
- symmetry/asymmetry
- X-ray structures
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