Ionic liquids (ILs) have been increasingly exploited as solvents and/or reagents in many
applications due to their “green” properties as well as their tunable physicochemical and …

The hierarchical, porous, and macromolecular structures of woods provide opportunities for
them to be modified and processed into structural, functional, and multi-functional materials …

Nanocrystalline cellulose is a renewable nanomaterial that has gained a lot of attention for
its use as a biomedical material due to its exceptional physical and biological properties …

Ionic liquids (ILs), a potentially attractive “green,” recyclable alternative to environmentally
harmful volatile organic compounds, have been increasingly exploited as solvents and/or …

Bionanocomposite is one of the remarkable achievements of nanotechnology in material
science to replace conventional non-biodegradable petroleum based plastics for packaging …

Biomass in the form of agricultural and forest waste is among the most anticipated materials
for sustainable processes and economical bio-based products. Cellulose is widely utilized …

Plant biomass is the most abundant natural resources on earth. However, current strategies
for the utilization of agricultural biomass is far from efficient, thus environmental issues …

The present study was set to investigate the chemical structural group of different particle
size of Oil palm frond (OPF) after mechanical and Ionic liquid (IL) pretreatment by FTIR …

The development of potentially “green” technologies based on renewable feedstock's is one
of the main challenges for mankind in the next decades and centuries underlining the social …

This chapter summarizes over 250 plant sources where lignin has been isolated. Attention is
paid to the relative content of lignin in these sources and the type of lignin in terms of the …