Green Solvent for Separation and Extraction Processes
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Separation Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 876
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioseparation; enzymatic extraction; protein purification; green solvents; upstream process; downstream process; liquid-liquid bioextraction; fermentation
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Interests: green solvents; ionic liquids; deep eutectic solvents; separation; extraction; purification; downstream process; computational chemistry; bioactive compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Green chemistry, an essential pillar of sustainable development, seeks to minimize the environmental impact of chemical processes. Using eco-friendly solvents in separation and extraction processes offers a promising avenue for promoting sustainability in various industries. Green solvents, including ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, supercritical fluids, and bio-based solvents, offer several advantages compared to the traditional solvents of the present time. These solvents possess low toxicity, biodegradability, and reduced environmental impact, and can be sourced from abundant, renewable resources, further enhancing their sustainability, rendering them highly desirable for separation, extraction and purification processes. Through careful fine-tuning of their composition and physicochemical properties, these solvents can be tailored to achieve efficient and selective extraction/purification of target compounds. Moreover, recent advances in green solvents often contribute to improved energy efficiency, reduced waste production, and the potential for developing novel products with unique characteristics. Thus, green solvents applied in extraction and separation processes can actively promote sustainable development, reduce environmental pollution and support the transition to a greener future.
Contributions to this Special Issue should cover trends and advances in industrial biotechnology, including the area of separation, extraction and purification processes using green solvents. The extraction of bioproducts as enzymes, biosurfactants, biopesticides, bioplastics, etc., from different media is also included and welcome. We invite our colleagues to submit their original contributions—be it research manuscripts, short communications, or reviews—to this Special Issue. We believe that a comprehensive collection of the latest knowledge in this field will foster new connections among researchers and inspire innovative ideas for the sustainable development of extraction processes.
This Special Issue focuses on the following two topics located within the scope of Processes: separation processes and sustainable processes.
Prof. Dr. Maria Alice Zarur Coelho
Dr. Filipe Smith Buarque
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- green chemistry
- green solvent
- extraction
- separation
- purification
- ionic liquids
- deep eutectic solvents
- bio-based solvent
- supercritical solvent
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