Biomass is an important feedstock for the renewable production of fuels, chemicals, and
energy. As of 2005, over 3% of the total energy consumption in the United States was …

The development of a sustainable, carbon-neutral biorefinery has emerged as a prominent
scientific and engineering goal of the 21st century. As petroleum has become less …

Biomass is a renewable class of materials of growing interest amongst researchers aiming
to achieve global sustainability. This review focuses on the homogeneous catalysis of the …

Lignin is a component of lignocellulosic biomass from which important aromatic compounds
can potentially be obtained. In the present work, Alcell and soda lignin were dissolved in the …

Conversion of lignin feedstocks into aromatic chemicals is a highly desirable target for
biorefineries, and their depolymerization often requires high temperatures and harsh …

Functionalizations of poly (vinyl alcohol) congruent with the desired applications are
discussed inthis article. The chemical modifications of poly (vinyl alcohol) with different …

Air-stable square pyramidal copper (II) bromide complexes 1, 2 and 3 with NNS, N (NH) S
and NNO ligand frameworks, respectively, were synthesized and successfully utilized as …

The need of sustainable development in the modern era has driven the transformation of
biomass for the production of fine chemicals into a strong trend of research. The aerobic …

Nano-structured, spinel Co3O4 catalyst was developed for the aqueous phase oxidation of
veratryl alcohol, which showed the highest conversion of 85% with 96% selectivity to veratryl …

Laccases are blue copper oxidases, found in some plants and secreted by a wide range of
ligninolytic fungi. These enzymes are well known for their ability in oxidizing several organic …