Utilisation of n-hexane for the extraction of vegetable oil from oilseeds presents growing concerns for the environment and human health. In spite of its high miscibility with the vegetable oil constituents, low boiling ...

Microalgal-based biomass is a promising feedstock for biofuel, chemicals and food production to meet the increasing demands for sustainable energy and material. Microalgae are photosynthetic microorganisms that use sunlight ...

RNA therapeutics, such as small interfering RNA (siRNA), have great potential for the treatment of inherited and acquired diseases that are not curable with conventional methods. The delivery of new genetic material into ...

Surface engineering is extensively involved in many industrial processes as well as diverse research applications including the engineering of catalysts, nanoparticles, coatings, membranes, gels, and other materials. In ...

Polymer scientists have been attempting to synthesize tailored polymers with predetermined molecular weight, composition, architecture, and molecular weight distribution by moving from traditional free radical polymerization ...

Microencapsulated solvents (MECS) are a novel approach to carbon capture, with the potential to reduce unit operation volumes by 1-2 orders of magnitude, and to allow a wide range of solvents to be contacted with a flue ...

Metal-phenolic networks (MPNs) hold great promise for the fabrication of multifunctional hybrid materials owing to their versatile and tunable nature. In particular, the beneficial combination of both organic and inorganic ...

The activated sludge process is one of the most commonly used wastewater treatment processes, which consists of a biochemical stage (aeration basin) and physical separation (secondary clarifier). The successful operation ...

Many commercial dairy products such as cheese and concentrated milk proteins are produced via ultrafiltration of skim-milk. During skim-milk ultrafiltration, a permeate stream comprising lactose, water and other minerals ...

Hierarchically porous materials have potential applications in energy storage and conversion, catalysis, separation and bioengineering. The hierarchically porous structure provides the material with both large quantities ...