Photoreforming of waste polymers for sustainable hydrogen fuel and chemicals feedstock: waste to energy

M Ashraf, N Ullah, I Khan, W Tremel, S Ahmad… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

Impact of textile dyes on health and ecosystem: A review of structure, causes, and potential solutions

T Islam, MR Repon, T Islam, Z Sarwar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The rapid growth of population and industrialization have intensified the problem of water
pollution globally. To meet the challenge of industrialization, the use of synthetic dyes in the …

Lignocellulose biomass bioconversion during composting: Mechanism of action of lignocellulase, pretreatment methods and future perspectives

D Wu, Z Wei, TA Mohamed, G Zheng, F Qu, F Wang… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Composting is a biodegradation and transformation process that converts lignocellulosic
biomass into value-added products, such as humic substances (HSs). However, the …

Lignin degradation: microorganisms, enzymes involved, genomes analysis and evolution

G Janusz, A Pawlik, J Sulej… - FEMS microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Extensive research efforts have been dedicated to describing degradation of wood, which is
a complex process; hence, microorganisms have evolved different enzymatic and non …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment: A review on eco-toxicology and the remediation potential of algae

M Hejna, D Kapuścińska, A Aksmann - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The pollution of the aquatic environment has become a worldwide problem. The widespread
use of pesticides, heavy metals and pharmaceuticals through anthropogenic activities has …

[HTML][HTML] Review of advances in the development of laccases for the valorization of lignin to enable the production of lignocellulosic biofuels and bioproducts

LMCLK Curran, KL Sale, BA Simmons - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Development and deployment of commercial biorefineries based on conversion of
lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and bioproducts faces many challenges that must be …

Copper active sites in biology

EI Solomon, DE Heppner, EM Johnston… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
On the basis of its generally accessible I/II redox couple and bioavailability, copper plays a
wide variety of roles in nature that mostly involve electron transfer (ET), O 2 binding …

Enzymatic decolorization and degradation of azo dyes–A review

RL Singh, PK Singh, RP Singh - International Biodeterioration & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Azo dyes are aromatic compounds with one or more–Ndouble bondN–groups. These dyes
are the most important and largest class of synthetic dyes used in commercial applications …

[HTML][HTML] Laccases: production, expression regulation, and applications in pharmaceutical biodegradation

J Yang, W Li, TB Ng, X Deng, J Lin, X Ye - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Laccases are a family of copper-containing oxidases with important applications in
bioremediation and other various industrial and biotechnological areas. There have been …

Laccase as a tool in building advanced lignin‐based materials

MB Agustin, DM de Carvalho, MH Lahtinen… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin is an abundant natural feedstock that offers great potential as a renewable substitute
for fossil‐based resources. Its polyaromatic structure and unique properties have attracted …