2nd International Conference on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Engineering (GreenChemSE16), Rome, Italy, 20–22 July, 2016
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Joaquín R. Domínguez
It is a great pleasure for me to publish this special issue of Green Processing and Synthesis, dedicated to the 2nd International Conference on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Engineering (GreenChemSE), held in Rome, Italy, from 20th to 22nd July, 2016.
This was the second of a series of biannual academic conferences and was aimed to create an international forum for researchers and scientists from around the world to discuss new results regarding the soundest issues related to environmentally friendly and sustainable physico-chemical processes.
Over 220 communications from 34 different countries attended to GreenChemSE16, including 150 posters, 70 selected oral communications and two plenary talks. Most presentations were based on high-quality original papers covering a wide range of topics, such as novel synthetic methodologies and methods, green energy production, chemicals from renewables, industrial green procedures, alternative solvents, renewable and recyclable materials and green chemistry for safe water.
This special issue includes some of the selected papers presented at the conference. The papers that successfully passed the reviewing process of the journal are now published in this special issue. A relatively short number (11) of selected and interesting papers are here presented.
I would like to dedicate this special issue to the memory of Professor Anabela de Sousa Oliveira, PhD, who was the president of this conference and attended even though she was seriously ill at the time. Unfortunately she died on September 23, 2016. She will always have an important place in this international conference. I would also like to express my gratitude to the editors of Green Processing and Synthesis for the efforts in realizing this special issue, particularly to Mrs. Jannelies Smit.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- In this issue
- GreenChemSE 2016
- 2nd International Conference on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Engineering (GreenChemSE16), Rome, Italy, 20–22 July, 2016
- Direct conversion of cellulose to α-hydroxy acids (AHAs) over Nb2O5-SiO2-coated magnetic nanoparticles
- Screening of catalysts and reaction conditions for the direct conversion of corncob xylan to xylitol
- The influence of biomass agitation on biogas and methane production using the high-solids thermophilic anaerobic digestion
- Hydrogenation of levulinic acid using Ru-containing catalysts based on hypercrosslinked polystyrene
- Preparation and characterization of sorbents from food waste
- A more sustainable membrane preparation using triethyl phosphate as solvent
- Effective one-pot synthesis of (E)-poly(vinyl arylenes) via trans-borylation/Suzuki coupling protocol
- Green synthesis of copper nanoparticles with ultrasound assistance
- Green synthesis and antimicrobial activity of ZnO nanostructures Punica granatum shell extract
- Sonochemistry production of ZnO and zero-valent Fe nanoparticles from solutions of electric arc furnace dust leaching
- Original articles
- Optimization of UV irradiation mutation conditions for cellulase production by mutant fungal strains of Aspergillus niger through solid state fermentation
- The castor oil based water borne polyurethane dispersion; effect of -NCO/OH content: synthesis, characterization and properties
- Removal of benzaldehyde from a water/ethanol mixture by applying scavenging techniques
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- In this issue
- GreenChemSE 2016
- 2nd International Conference on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Engineering (GreenChemSE16), Rome, Italy, 20–22 July, 2016
- Direct conversion of cellulose to α-hydroxy acids (AHAs) over Nb2O5-SiO2-coated magnetic nanoparticles
- Screening of catalysts and reaction conditions for the direct conversion of corncob xylan to xylitol
- The influence of biomass agitation on biogas and methane production using the high-solids thermophilic anaerobic digestion
- Hydrogenation of levulinic acid using Ru-containing catalysts based on hypercrosslinked polystyrene
- Preparation and characterization of sorbents from food waste
- A more sustainable membrane preparation using triethyl phosphate as solvent
- Effective one-pot synthesis of (E)-poly(vinyl arylenes) via trans-borylation/Suzuki coupling protocol
- Green synthesis of copper nanoparticles with ultrasound assistance
- Green synthesis and antimicrobial activity of ZnO nanostructures Punica granatum shell extract
- Sonochemistry production of ZnO and zero-valent Fe nanoparticles from solutions of electric arc furnace dust leaching
- Original articles
- Optimization of UV irradiation mutation conditions for cellulase production by mutant fungal strains of Aspergillus niger through solid state fermentation
- The castor oil based water borne polyurethane dispersion; effect of -NCO/OH content: synthesis, characterization and properties
- Removal of benzaldehyde from a water/ethanol mixture by applying scavenging techniques
