Description
Book Synopsis* The volume gives insight into many topics related to green chemistry and clean environment providing solutions to many of the existing pollution problems. * It highlights with examples the need to avoid the usage of toxic solvents to get a better product with higher yield without compromising on its economic ease.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors xvii
Foreword xix
Part 1. Green Chemistry and Societal Sustainability 1
1. Environment and the Role of Green Chemistry 3
2. The Greening of the Chemical Industry: Past, Present and Challenges Ahead 35
3. Designing Sustainable Chemical Synthesis: The Influence of Chemistry on Process Design 79
4. Green Chemical Processing in the Teaching Laboratory: Microwave Extraction of Natural Products 107
5. Ensuring Sustainability through Microscale Chemistry 119
6. Capability Development and Technology Transfer Essential for Economic Transformation 137
Part 2. Green Lab Technologies 153
7. Ultrasound Cavitation as a Green Processing Technique in the Design and Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Nanoemulsions in Drug Delivery System 155
8. Microwave-Enhanced Methods for Biodiesel Production and Other Environmental Applications 209
9. Emergence of Base Catalysts for Synthesis of Biodiesel 251
10. Hydrothermal Technologies for the Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass 291
11. Ionic Liquids in Green Chemistry Prediction of Ionic Liquids Toxicity Using Cell Models 343
12. Nano-catalyst: A Second Generation Tool for Green Chemistry 357
13. Green Polymer Synthesis: An Overview on Use of Microwave-Irradiation 379
Part 3. Green Bio-energy Sources 425
14. Bioenergy as a Green Technology Frontier 427
15. Biofuels as Suitable Replacement for Fossil Fuels 451
16. Biocatalysts-Greener Solutions 479
17. Lignocellulosics as a Renewable Feedstock for Chemical Industry. Chemical Hydrolysis and Pretreatment Processes 505
18. Lignocellulosics as a Renewable Feedstock for Chemical Industry Chemicals from Lignin 561
19. Genome Enabled Technologies in Green Chemistry 611
Part 4. Green Solutions for Remediation 627
20. Green Biotechnology for Municipal and Industrial Wastewater 629
21. Phytoremediation of Cadmium: A Green Approach 659
22. A Closer Look at “Green” Glass: Remediation with Organosilica Sol-Gels Through the Application of Green Chemistry 697
23. Modification and Applications of Guar Gum in the Field of Green Chemistry 727
