Highlights with ‘Green’

In Silico Solvent Selection for Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion

13 January 2021

Renewable lignocellulosic biomass-derived platform chemicals, such as furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), offer promising pathways to tomorrow’s polymers, fine chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. High HMF yield from fructose dehydration in the aqueous phase is severely curtailed by...

Palladium makes PVC industry greener

16 April 2020

Poly vinyl chloride (PVC) is one of the most widely used polymers with low cost and outstanding performance, which is synthesized through free radical polymerization reaction of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). Currently, activated carbon (AC)...