Advances and Challenges of Green Chemistry and Engineering
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2020) | Viewed by 569
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Interests: bioengineering; green chemistry; agro-industrial waste processing; biofuels; life-cycle analysis; bioprocess scale up
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Within the last 10 years, there has been a heightened degree of focus on green chemistry and sustainability since there is a growing consensus that the world faces serious challenges in the ability to meet the needs of the current generation while preserving the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Therefore, one way to approach this problem is through the use of green chemistry toward meeting the goals of sustainability. Since the hazards we confront are based in the physical/chemical properties of the molecules we make, it is through the manipulation of these physical/chemical properties that we can confront these hazards. Through the design of matter at the molecular level, we can deal with fundamental problems such as toxicity, renewability, and global impact.
Approaching sustainability through green chemistry and engineering is the main focus of the V Green Chemistry and Engineering International Congress organized by the School of Chemistry of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, and this Special Issue seeks original and unpublished research articles reporting all aspects, including theoretical studies; practical applications; and experimental prototypes pertaining to sustainability, green chemistry, and engineering. Specific topics include but not limited to the following:
1) Evaluation of environmental pollution;
2) Green chemical synthesis;
3) Alternative and sustainable energies;
4) Omic sciences and their role in sustainable processes;
5) Waste management and treatment;
6) Life cycle analysis;
7) Materials for sustainability;
8) Sustainable pharmaceutics;
9) Environmental health;
10) Biotechnology;
11) Technologies for pollution control.
Dr. José Rubén Morones-Ramírez
Dr. Pasiano Rivas-Garcia
Dr. Nora Aleyda Garcia-Gomez
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- Sustainability
- Green chemistry
- Green engineering
- Environment
- Health
- Energy
- Materials
- Life cycle analysis
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