The ever increasing industrial production of commodity and specialty chemicals inexorably
depletes the finite primary fossil resources available on Earth. The forecast of population …

Solvents are important in most industrial and domestic applications. The impact of solvent
losses and emissions drives efforts to minimise them or to avoid them completely. Since the …

The global energy demand has been projected to rise over 28% by 2040, calling for more
renewable resources such as lignocellulosic biomass to produce biofuels, and for green and …

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have generated great interest as promising green
alternatives to replace conventional solvents due to their application-specific tunability …

Lignocellulosic plant biomass is recognized as an alternative resource for sustainable
production of liquid fuels, chemicals, and polymeric materials through the biorefining …

Efficient fractionation of lignocellulose and refinery of all its components remain challenging.
Here we describe the use of diol-tailored deep eutectic solvents for superior lignocellulose …

Chitin, as the most abundant non-wood biopolymer on earth, exists widely in the shells of
crustaceans, the cell walls of fungi, and the cuticles of insects. It consists of N-acetyl-D …

Transition metal catalyzed C–H activation has surfaced as a powerful tool to improve the
efficacy of molecular synthesis. Last two decades have witnessed a considerable progress …

Conventional biorefinery processes are complex, engineered and energy-intensive, where
biomass fractionation, a key functional step for the production of biomass-derived chemical …

Excessive utilization of fossil fuels has resulted in serious concerns about climate change.
Integrating biorefinery technology to convert waste-derived-lignocellulosic biomass into …