Future Trends in Green Chemistry
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 3070
Special Issue Editor
2. ORD National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
Interests: comprehensively broad research interests ranging from eco-friendly synthetic methods using mechanochemical mixing, photocatalysis, microwaves, ultrasound, etc.; to greener assembly of nanomaterials and sustainable appliances of magnetically retrievable nanocatalysts in benign media, preferably utilizing biomass-derived chemicals including biowaste and economic consumption of agricultural residues
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Current research in this area is aiming to develop emerging eco-friendly synthetic strategies for the synthesis of organic and inorganic nanomaterials via routes that use benign reagents rather than the hazardous substances conventionally used. One of the thrust areas for achieving this target is to explore the generation of chemicals from renewable biomass-derived materials and efficient catalytic processes, exploiting nano-catalysis. Among others, the desired approach may encompass alternative activation methodology, such as mechanochemical mixing, photocatalysis, and microwave-, and ultrasonic irradiation and the deployment of nano-catalysts with magnetic core; eco-friendly applications in catalysis could be ideally addressed via magnetically recoverable and recyclable nano-catalysts for oxidation, reduction, and condensation reactions. Essentially, the contributions in this issue will follow “sustainable” principles and would strive to exploit the earth-abundant resources with sparse use of rare and expensive metals. Additionally, the strategy must follow “benign by design” principles and aim to utilize renewable and biodegradable resources wherever possible, encompassing biowaste and agricultural residues. Finally, the evaluation matrices for defining the “greenness” of a process via holistic life cycle assessment may be the inclusion of the most preferred important factors.
Prof. Dr. Rajender S. Varma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- greener synthesis
- sustainable chemistry
- alternative activation
- eco-friendly medium
- continuous flow processes
- earth-abundant materials
- biomass-derived materials
- nano-catalysts
- magnetic nano-catalysts
- multi-component reactions
- life cycle analysis
