Green Technologies for the Environment: (ACS Symposium Series)

The book "Green Technologies for the Environment" brings together experts in the field of biotechnology, chemistry, chemical engineering, environmental engineering and toxicology from both academia and industry, to discuss green processes for the environment. The topics included finding replacements for crude oil to meet both our energy needs as well as the supply of chemicals for the production of essential products, advances in chemical processing, waste valorization, alternative solvents, and developments in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis as well as enzyme-based processes for chemical transformations.Advances in green chemistry concepts will further enhance the field through the design of new chemicals and solvents. In addition, obtaining a better understanding of the mechanistic pathways involved in various reactions is essential toward advances in the field. The goal of the work described in each of the chapters is to address the need for best practices for chemical processes and for the production of chemicals, while promoting sustainability.

Table of Contents:
1. Green Technologies for the Environment Solvent Systems for Green Chemistry Processes 2. Carbon Dioxide Solvent Applications in a Biorefinery 3. Deep Eutectic Solvents: Environmentally Friendly Media for Metal-Catalyzed Organic Reactions 4. Amino Acid-Derived Imidazolium Zwitterions: Building Blocks for Renewable Ionic Liquids and Materials 5. Opportunities for the Replacement/Minimization of Selective Hazardous Solvents: Applications, Concerns and Approaches To Identify Alternatives Advances in Materials and Chemical Reactions 6. Greener Oxidation of Alcohols, Glycosides and Sulfides 7. An EcoScale Comparison of Mechanochemistry and Solution Based Reactions 8. Some Strategies in Designing Highly Efficient Photocatalysts for Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water 9. Environmentally-Friendly Designs and Syntheses of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) Biomass and Waste Valorization to Chemicals, Materials and Fuels 10. Food Waste Valorisation for High Value Chemicals and Energy Production 11. Lignin Based Carbon Materials for Energy Storage Applications 12. Synthesis of Nanoparticles for Biomass Conversion Processes 13. Agricultural Residues as Feedstocks for Lactic Acid Fermentation

About the Author :
Sherine O. Obare is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and also the Associate Chair and Graduate Director at the Department of Chemistry at Western Michigan University. She received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry at West Virginia State University, and she received her Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina with Professor Catherine J. Murphy. She completed a two-year Dreyfus postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University with Professor Gerald. J. Meyer. Professor Rafael Luque received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Universidad de Cordoba, Spain in 2005. His research program and expertise focus on (nano)materials science, heterogeneous (nano)catalysis, microwave and flow chemistry, biofuels, and green chemical methods in synthetic organic chemistry. He has published over 220 research articles, filed 3 patent applications, and edited seven books; he has also written several book chapters. He has given Invited, Keynote, and Plenary lectures, along with keynote addresses, at several international conferences. Professor Luque is also heavily involved in chemical education and promoting science in developing countries.