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Utilization of wood based hemicellulose pre-hydrolysate for the production of high value added platform chemicals
(2017)
The immense benefits of using renewable resources are because they can reduce global warming and other environmental issues which directly affect life on earth. Forest residues serve as potential renewable resources which ...
Synthesis and applications of room temperature ionic liquids
(2017)
A variety of room temperature ionic liquids have been synthesized and applied to various
reactions. Four of these ionic liquids were prepared in a chiral manner: [1-butyl-3-
methylimidazolium][L-lactate], [1-butyl-3-me ...
Design and electrochemical study of Pd-based nanostructures for hydrogen economy
(2017)
Hydrogen storage remains one of the most challenging prerequisites to overcome toward the realization of a hydrogen based economy. The use of hydrogen as an energy carrier for fuel cell applications has been limited by the ...
Lignin modification to produce hydrophobic products
(2017)
Kraft lignin is not widely utilized for industrial applications. In this MSc work, kraft lignin was modified by grafting hydrophobic groups to produce hydrophobic materials. The main objective was to study the grafting of ...
The development of molecular probes for the in vitro and in vivo study of glucocerebrosidase
(2017)
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases in the world. Despite its prevalence, the disease is difficult to diagnose early with the vast majority of individuals already having significant ...
Synthesis of molecular probes for one-electron reduction
(2017)
Controlled drug release plays an important role in medicine because it can be a factor
in human health care. It is defined as the ability to release a drug inside the body at a specific
time. Radiation-sensitive ...
Copolymerization of pretreated kraft lignin and acrylic acid to produce flocculants for suspension and solution systems
(2017)
The presence of dyes in the wastewater of textile industry poses a number of environmental
concerns due to their toxic nature and the removal of dyes from the wastewater is a major challenge
nowadays. Synthetic polymers ...
Development of graphite based nanomaterials for green chemistry applications
(2017)
Graphite is a valuable natural resource and useful carbon allotrope that has been explored for
various applications. Graphene is a two-dimensional (2D) transparent material, which is the
strongest, thinnest, and most ...