The development of sustainable and environmentally friendly polymer materials is among
the most pressing contemporary challenges for polymer science and engineering. Bio …

This review sheds light on urgent questions that arise from the need to replace a polymer
resin,–poly (ethylene terephthalate), which represents 7.7% market-share in the global …

The use of lignin for material and chemical applications has gained interest in recent times
due to the environmental focus on using biomass for renewable materials as well as the …

Agricultural waste is a huge pool of untapped biomass resources that may even represent
economic and environmental burdens. They can be converted into bioenergy and bio-based …

The increasing societal concerns about the environmental impact of plastic waste, together
with the depletion of petroleum resources, makes it imperative to develop environmentally …

Polymers are used in simple consumer items like carpets, furniture, glues, and clothing but
are also used in advanced engineering, including materials used in the aerospace industry …

The vast and ever-growing amount of agricultural and food wastes has become a major
concern throughout the whole world. Therefore, strategies for their processing and value …

Towards lignin upgrading, vanillic acid (VA), a lignin-derived guaiacyl compound, was
produced from sulfite lignin for successfully synthesizing poly (ethylene vanillate), an …

There is currently intensive research ongoing with the aim to utilize various lignin-derived
molecules to produce aromatic monomers and polymers. In the present work, homovanillic …

The negative environmental effects of conventional polymeric materials have intensified the
research toward the production of biobased counterparts. Vanillic acid (VA), a vanillin …