Critical advances and future opportunities in upcycling commodity polymers

C Jehanno, JW Alty, M Roosen, S De Meester… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The vast majority of commodity plastics do not degrade and therefore they permanently
pollute the environment. At present, less than 20% of post-consumer plastic waste in …

How environmentally friendly is the analytical process? A paradigm overview of ten greenness assessment metric approaches for analytical methods

MS Imam, MM Abdelrahman - Trends in Environmental Analytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green chemistry principles have been incorporated into various disciplines of chemistry,
including analytical chemistry, as an ongoing awareness and interest in the state of the …

'Green'synthesis of metals and their oxide nanoparticles: applications for environmental remediation

J Singh, T Dutta, KH Kim, M Rawat, P Samddar… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
In materials science,“green” synthesis has gained extensive attention as a reliable,
sustainable, and eco-friendly protocol for synthesizing a wide range of materials …

A focus to green synthesis of metal/metal based oxide nanoparticles: Various mechanisms and applications towards ecological approach

JA Kumar, T Krithiga, S Manigandan, S Sathish… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanomaterial synthesis using a greener route has received massive attention as a
sustainable, feasible, reliable, cost-effective, wealthy and environmentally friendly paradigm …

Recent advances in health benefits of bioactive compounds from food wastes and by-products: Biochemical aspects

V Sorrenti, I Burò, V Consoli, L Vanella - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bioactive compounds, including terpenoids, polyphenols, alkaloids and other nitrogen-
containing constituents, exert various beneficial effects arising from their antioxidant and anti …

[HTML][HTML] Bioinspired metal/metal oxide nanoparticles: A road map to potential applications

PB Chouke, T Shrirame, AK Potbhare, A Mondal… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Manufacturing of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (M/MO NPs) in large quantities
needed a strong reliable, sustainable, and eco-friendly protocol. Present work represents on …

[HTML][HTML] Towards safe and sustainable innovation in nanotechnology: State-of-play for smart nanomaterials

S Gottardo, A Mech, J Drbohlavová, A Małyska… - NanoImpact, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Green Deal, the European Commission's new Action Plan for a
Circular Economy, the new European Industrial Strategy and the Chemicals Strategy for …

An overview of the plant-mediated green synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles for antibacterial applications

F Behzad, SM Naghib, SN Tabatabaei, Y Zare… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Metallic nanoparticles (MNPs) with attractive physicochemical properties are utilized in
several biomedical domains, such as antimicrobial agents. Many researchers have tried to …

[HTML][HTML] Valorization of agriculture wastes as biosorbents for adsorption of emerging pollutants: Modification, remediation and industry application

ZT Chong, LS Soh, WF Yong - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The scarcity of clean water resources combined with other environmental and
anthropogenic effects have urged the development of advanced technology for wastewater …

Ionic liquids and deep-eutectic solvents in extractive metallurgy: Mismatch between academic research and industrial applicability

K Binnemans, PT Jones - Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 2023 - Springer
The past 10–20 years have seen numerous academic papers describing the benefits of
ionic liquids (ILs) and deep-eutectic solvents (DESs) for leaching, solvent extraction and …