Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

Polymeric materials play a key role in modern industry. Owing to outstanding and very
versatile properties of polymers, they have rather quickly occupied the great niche of …

The catalytic conversion of biomass and derivatives to chemicals has been the subject of
intense research efforts during the past decade resulting in a 20% annual increase in the …

This critical review provides a survey illustrated by recent references of different strategies to
achieve a sustainable conversion of biomass to bioproducts. Because of the huge number of …

Synthesis of high-value-added chemicals from biomass and/or biomass-derived platform
molecules is considered an important strategy to mitigate the global dependency on fossil …

Global warming issues and the medium-term depletion of fossil fuel reserves are stimulating
researchers around the world to find alternative sources of energy and organic carbon …

Metal nanoparticles have attracted much attention over the last decade owing to their unique
properties as compared to their bulk metal equivalents, including a large surface‐to‐volume …

Aqueous hydrogenation of bio-based succinic acid has been reported for the production of
value added chemicals, eg 1, 4-butanediol, tetrahydrofuran, γ-butyrolactone, 2-pyrrolidone …

C4 and C5 diols and alcohols are important commodity chemicals mainly used as
monomers in the production of polyesters, polyurethanes and polyethers. C4 and C5, on the …

Poly (butylene succinate) is one of the emerging bio-degradable polymers, which has huge
potential to be employed in a wide range of applications. Furthermore, it is also recognized …