Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
It has now been just over 30 years since the publication of the Brundtland Commission’s report “Our Common Future”, which defined the concept of sustainable development for society in general, and just over 20 years since the publication of Anastas’ and Warner’s seminal book “Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice”. Since then, green chemistry has become synonymous with the chemistry of sustainability, and one of the areas that the industry has embraced the opportunities offered by innovative R&D to create new processes and materials in service of sustainability, many of which are nowadays practiced by manufacturers and are commercially available in the form of all kinds of sustainable products.
Thematically, the section “Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology” includes the following topics:
- Green chemistry;
- Sustainable chemistry;
- Circular chemistry;
- The environmental impact of chemistry;
- The decreasing consumption of non-renewable resources
- Technological approaches for preventing pollution;
- Nano materials;
- Green solvents;
- Green synthesis and catalysis;
- Green manufacturing and engineering;
- Environmental chemistry and green metrics;
- Biomass or waste as resources.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Environmental Microbiology and Sustainable Biotechnology and Nanotechnology (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Natural Rubber: Withstanding Challenges of Sustainable Materials (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Sustainability: Resources and Waste Management (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Sustainable Chemistry (Deadline: 1 May 2024)
- Advancing Sustainability through the Development of Innovative Nanomaterials (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Recent Advances of Plasma Chemistry and Its Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Designing Chemical Processes for a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Natural Products and Phytochemicals for Sustainability (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Analytical Technologies and Processes for Environmental Protection and Food Safety (Deadline: 18 June 2024)
- Electrochemical Storage and Performance (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Safety and Risk Analysis of Industrial Processes from the Perspective of Sustainability (Deadline: 1 July 2024)
- Chemical Ecology—Green and Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing Practices (Deadline: 4 July 2024)
- Green Chemistry and Sustainable Biomass Conversion (Deadline: 19 July 2024)
- Driving Sustainability: Converting Lignocellulosic Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Energies for Decarbonisation and a Circular Economy (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Green Engineering, Green Chemistry and Circular Economy: Principles, Research Areas and Challenges. Towards a Holistic View of Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Sustainable Chemical Technologies for Industrial Effluent Treatment, Biomass-to-Bioenergy Conversion, and Process Intensification: A Greener Future (Deadline: 17 November 2024)
- Advancements in Catalyst Development for Sustainable Applications (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Electrochemical-Based Energy Production and Storage (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Biomass Transformation and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Diffuse Contamination of the Environment — From Heavy Metals to Microplastics (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemical Processes: From Advanced Material Preparations to Benign-by-Design Recycling of Critical Raw Materials (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: