Succinic acid (SA) is a top platform chemical obtainable from biomass. The current study evaluated the potential of Actinobacillus succinogenes for SA production using xylose-rich hemicellulosic fractions of two important lignocellulosic feedstocks, olive pits (OP) and sugarcane bagasse (SCB) and ...

The present study aims at establishing the resourcefulness of a low-temperature/low-humidity dryer, namely, Refrigeration Adsorption Dehumidified Dryer (RADD) for the drying of carrots, vis-à-vis a fluidized bed dryer (FBD). Notably the RADD is a customized design developed by the Agro-Processing...

In this review article, discuss the many ways utilized by the dairy sector to treat pollutants, emphasizing their influence on the quality and efficiency with which contamination is removed. It focuses on biotechnology possibilities for valorizing dairy waste in particular. The findings ...

Filamentous fungi possess versatile capabilities for synthesizing a variety of valuable bio compounds, including enzymes, organic acids and small molecule secondary metabolites. The advancements of genetic and metabolic engineering techniques and the availability of sequenced genomes discovered their poten...

Lignin is the world’s second most prevalent biomaterial, but its effective value-added product valorization methods are still being developed. The most common preparation processes for converting lignin to platform chemicals and biofuels are fragmentation and depolymerization. Due to its structural&#x...

Efficient optical outcoupling from organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) is an important challenge in solid state lighting technology. In this work, the effect of an external light extraction layer, prepared using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles, was studied on ...

Bisphenol A (or BPA) is a toxic endocrine disrupting chemical that is released into the environment through modern manufacturing practices. BPA can disrupt the production, function and activity of endogenous hormones causing irregularity in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal glands and also the p...

Hemicellulosic sugars, the overlooked fraction of lignocellulosic residues can serve as potential and cost-effective raw material that can be exploited for xylitol production. Xylitol is a top platform chemical with applications in food and pharmaceutical industries. Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) and o...

The electronic structure of the Mn2CrAl Heusler alloy is calculated and its optical properties are studied in this work. The anomalous behavior of the optical properties of the alloy in the IR region of spectrum, namely, the absence of the contribution of intraband absorption ...

This special issue of Bioresource Technology is based on the papers presented in the 4th Subject Specialized Conference of International Bioprocessing Association held at the Henan Agricultural University in Zhengzhou, China on accelerating agricultural biomass utilization for sustainable development. ...

A new and efficient N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-palladium(II) complex immobilized on graphene oxide (NHC-Pd@GO) has been successfully designed and synthesized. The prepared NHC-Pd@GO heterogeneous catalyst was fully characterized using a combination of fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), inductively...

Composite films comprising modified corn starch and gelatin were developed using a solvent casting technique. The effect of varied content of citric acid and gelatin on the functional properties of the corn starch and composite films, respectively, was investigated. Modified corn starch ...

Star-shaped polylactide (SSPLA) nanoparticles (NPs) with dipyridamole (DIP) core conjugated with 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and 4-piperidinopiperidine (4PIP) were designed and synthesized to achieve apoptosis by synergistic dose-dependent delivery than using free drugs. In our current investigation, DIP was employed&...

Temperature is often not considered as a precision stimulus for artificial chemical systems in contrast to the host–guest interactions related to many natural processes. Similarly, mimicking multi‐state volatile memory operations using a single molecular system with temperature as a precision sti...

We have developed an amphiphilic pH probe (P1CS) to detect pH levels in the plasma membrane in cancer cells. An elevated fluorescence signal at 550 nm at the cell surface of cancer cells (MDA-MB-231, HeLa cells) prompted the application of P1CS as a pH marker for the...

Nowadays, Squeeze casting is considered as a convenient process for developing quality piston components. In this paper, casting methods such as squeeze casting and die casting techniques are used for compare the tensile behavior of Al-Si piston in the view of casted and heat-treat...

Singlet fission (SF) improves the power conversion efficiency of optoelectronic devices by converting high-energy photons into two triplet excitons. SF dynamics and efficiency (Φ) are controlled by various factors. Here, the effect of planarity and length of the bridge in pentacene dimers&#x...

Bismuth-based zero-dimensional perovskites garner high research interest because of their advantages, such as excellent moisture stability and lower toxicity in comparison to lead-based congeners. However, the wide optical bandgap (>2 eV) and poor photoconductivity of these materials are the bottle...