The search for alternative cleaner, safer, and environmentally friendly technologies is one of
the priorities in chemistry. With this objective, the reduction of wastes together with the use of …

New opportunities for the conversion of glycerol into value-added chemicals have emerged
in recent years as a result of glycerol's unique structure, properties, bioavailability, and …

As long as the molecular complexity increases, the number of chemical transformations will
increase in parallel, becoming a highly demanding synthetic process in terms of time and …

As our fossil raw materials irrevocably diminish and environmental pressures build, a
progressive changeover of chemical industries to renewable feedstocks emerges as an …

The increasing use of bio-based fuels and fuel additives, among them biodiesel, causes
significant surplus of crude glycerol on the market which creates new challenges in terms of …

Expected increasing biodiesel production during the next few years will lead to an
overproduction of glycerol, which is the main byproduct. The use of glycerol-based additives …

Synthesis of fine and specialty chemicals involving heterogeneous catalysts is discussed
according to the type of reactions (eg, hydrogenation, oxidation, isomerization, etc.) for …

This critical review introduces a discussion on the influence of preparative procedures
(nanofabrication) of nanostructured hybrids and biohybrids, comparing their structural and …

Glycerol is the main co‐product of the vegetable oils industry (especially biodiesel). With the
rapid development of oleochemistry, the production of glycerol is rapidly increasing and …

Efficient and stable solid acid catalysts, sulfonic groups functional swelling mesoporous
polydivinylbenzenes (PDVB-x-SO3Hs), were synthesized from sulfonation of swelling …