The replacement of current petroleum-based plastics with sustainable alternatives is a
crucial but formidable challenge for the modern society. Catalysis presents an enabling tool …

Microwave-assisted catalysis technology has the advantages of high reaction speed, simple
equipment and convenient operation, showing broad application prospects in the field of …

It is a 21st century challenge to develop a more sustainable chemical industry where fossil-
based resources are, where possible, preferentially replaced by renewable alternatives. Bio …

Biopolymers have been used throughout history; however, in the last two centuries they
have seen a decrease in their utilization as the proliferation of inexpensive and mass …

Isosorbide is a diol derived from sorbitol and obtained through dehydration reactions that
has raised much interest in the literature over the past few decades. Thus, this platform …

Recently, research on the production and transformation of sorbitol has become exciting in
chemical industry and in catalysis studies for its broad applications. It opens up a new path …

Biobased polymers have received extensive research attention in flexible and renewable
electronics to meet the concept of environmental sustainability. In this study, we develop a …

Vinyl ester resins (VERs) are used in a variety of applications. However, alternative
feedstocks and molecular structures have been recently investigated due to dwindling …

Continuous-flow sorbitol dehydration in liquid water was performed on β zeolite (Si/Al molar
ratio= 75) with conversion of 94 and 83 mol% isosorbide yield. This efficiency is due to the …

A number of Brönsted acids (methanesulfonic acid, p-toluene sulfonic acid, triflic acid,
sulfamic acid, citric acid, NaHSO 4, and boric acid) and Lewis acids (metal sulfate/triflates) …