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Green Processing and Synthesis

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Editors-in-chief: Volker Hessel, Nam Nghiep Tran

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Green Processing and Synthesis is an open access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal that provides up-to-date research both on fundamental as well as applied aspects of innovative green process development and chemical synthesis, giving an appropriate share to industrial views. The contributions are cutting edge, high-impact, authoritative, and provide both pros and cons of potential technologies. Green Processing and Synthesis provides a platform for scientists and engineers, especially chemists and chemical engineers, but is also open for interdisciplinary research from other areas such as physics, materials science, or catalysis.

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Flow chemistry, microreaction technology and microfluidics
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"Emerging green nanomaterials for sustainable waste management and biomedical applications"
Guest Editors: Prof. Palanivel Velmurugan (Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), Chennai, India), Prof. V. Mohanavel (Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), Chennai, India), and Dr. Mahadeo Mahadik (Jeonbuk National University, Iksan, Republic of Korea)Submission deadline: January 31, 2024
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Volume 12 Issue 1

January 2023

Selenium (Se) is indispensable for animals and humans. One option to address Se deficiency is to biofortify plants with Se. Biofortification of forage with Se nanoparticles (NPs) is gaining more attention as an efficient and safe source of Se for livestock. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of different concentrations of NPs-Se (0, 30, 50, 100, 150, and 250 mg·L −1 ) on the growth of alfalfa harvested multiple times, and to provide a basis for the production of Se-enriched forages. Applying 50 mg·L −1 concentration of NPs-Se had the best effect on yield over three harvests. Over three harvests, low-dose NPs-Se (30 and 50 mg·L −1 ) application significantly increased peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities, chlorophyll content and carotenoid content, and significantly decreased malondialdehyde content. The total Se content and Se accumulation in plants at the same harvest showed an upward trend with increasing Se concentration. At the same concentration, from first harvest to third harvest, Se content and Se accumulation showed an initially increasing and then decreasing trend. The evaluation found that foliar application of NPs-Se at 50 mg·L −1 could have the greatest positive effect on the growth and yield of multiple-harvested alfalfa.

Open Access April 18, 2023

Quality of oil extracted by cold press from Nigella sativa seeds incorporated with rosemary extracts and pretreated by microwaves

Article number: 20238002

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Bio-fortification is a potential technique to tackle micronutrient deficiencies that remain. Wheat grain bio-fortification has the ability to decrease malnutrition because it represents one of the most essential staple crops. Bio-fortification is cost-effective and evidence-based sustainable technique to address malnutrition in wheat varieties possessing additional micronutrient contents. Nano-biofortification is a novel approach, enriching crops with essential nutrients in order to supplement human diets with balanced diets. The current study was designed to explore the potential role of phytogenic iron nanoparticles (Fe-NPs) to enhance nutritional contents in wheat plants to fulfill the nutrient deficiency important for human and animal health. In the current study, Fe-NPs were fabricated by using the extract of Mentha arvensis L. that were irregular in shape with an approximate size range of 40–100 nm. Further, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analyses were deployed to confirm the presence of t of various functional groups involved in the green and eco-friendly fabrication of Fe-NPs. The effects of phytogenic Fe-NPs were examined on various physiological and biochemical parameters such as total proline, total chlorophyll, carbohydrates, protein, crude fibers, and lipids contents. Moreover, wheat physiological and biochemical profiling was carried out, and it was noticed that Fe-NPs significantly altered the physico-biochemical profiling of wheat plants. Multiple methods of administration of Fe-NPs were used to fortify the wheat crop. However, the Fe-NPs assisted seed priming along with foliar applications at various concentrations (10, 20, and 30 mg·L −1 ) were found more suitable to enhance the contents of proline, Chlorophyll a, b, total chlorophyll, carbohydrate, proteins, fibers, and lipids (20.22%, 18.23%, 17.25%, 16.32%, 12.34%, 24.31%, 19.52%, and 11.97%, respectively) in wheat plants. Further, wheat flour was exposed to digestive enzymes, with the iron content gradually increased in a dose-dependent manner. The nutritional analysis of wheat zinc (Zn), molybdenum (Mo), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), yttrium (Y), and copper (Cu) and the fatty acid profile have demonstrated divergent patterns of behavior. Similarly, iron content was also increased significantly in response to the exposure to Fe-NPs.

Nanotechnology investigates different promising methodologies in the space of material sciences on a sub-atomic level. Novel methodologies are expected for the accomplishment of protected and successful helpful medicines past the traditional ones, and society needs new prerequisites for innovations, moving towards perfect and green innovation improvement. This review study deals with topics related to green nanotechnology for the investigation of different assays such as anticancer, antidiabetic, anti-larval, and microbial. The confirmation of nanocomposite will be conformed using scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction to determine the size, shape, and supporting material to stabilize and cap the agent. However, the biomedical application of the ZnO/TiO 2 nanocomposite is also discussed. Furthermore, to their remarkable biocompatibility, ZnO/TiO 2 has shown significant potential in bio-imaging, tissue engineering, and drug delivery. The biological activities of the green-produced nanoparticles are strong and they are employed in several biological applications across various assays. The current review covers the creation and most recent developments of bio-nanocomposite materials from plant sources (such as leaves, stems, bark, roots, rhizomes, fruits, flowers, and seeds), as well as their anti-cancer, diabetes-related, and anti-larval activities. This is followed by a thorough discussion of their mechanisms of action.

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Open Access May 8, 2023

Phosphorus removal by iron–carbon microelectrolysis: A new way to achieve phosphorus recovery

Chao Wang, Changwen Wang, Mei Xu, Fanke Zhang

Article number: 20228120

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Iron–carbon microelectrolysis was employed to remove phosphorus in this study. The efficiency, mechanism, influence factors, and feasibility of actual wastewater were investigated. The results showed that iron–carbon microelectrolysis had an excellent phosphorus removal ability. When the initial concentration of PO 4 3 − {\text{PO}}_{4}^{3-} –P was 19.44 mg·L −1 , after 120 min reaction time, the remaining PO 4 3 − {\text{PO}}_{4}^{3-} –P in wastewater was 4.65 mg·L −1 , and the removal rate was 76.05%. The precipitate formed in the reaction was mainly ferric phosphate (FePO 4 ), which had a high recovery value. There was a linear correlation between initial phosphorus concentrations and phosphorus removal velocity. As to actual wastewater, 88.37 ± 0.44%, 89.78 ± 1.88%, and 94.23 ± 0.16% phosphorus removal rates were achieved in the influent of municipal wastewater treatment plant, effluent of secondary sedimentation tank, and actual high salinity wastewater, respectively, after 120 min reaction time. This study provides a new method for phosphorus removal and recovery from wastewater. Graphical abstract Iron–carbon microelectrolysis has an excellent phosphorus removal ability. The precipitate formed in the reaction was mainly ferric phosphate (FePO 4 ) which had a high recovery value.

This work aims to investigate the environmentally sustainable technique to synthesize the copper nanoparticles using bougainvillea flower ethanolic extract at ambient temperature. Copper nanoparticles have considerable potential for reducing the environment’s harmful pigments and nitrogen contaminants. The oxidized copper nanoscale catalysts are enclosed inside nanomaterial, which work as a benign and sustainable resource for capping agents. Ultraviolet spectroscopic, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray crystallography (XRD) techniques were used to evaluate the produced oxidized copper nanocrystals. The particles produced have been very robust, are cylindrical in form, and have an outer diameter of 12 nm. Furthermore, under normal conditions, copper oxide (CuO) nanomaterials demonstrated strong photocatalytic efficiency in liquid media for the oxidation of Congo red, bromothymol blue, and 4-nitrophenol in an acidic solution acetic anhydride. Moreover, the CuO nanocrystalline enzyme could be readily vortexed or used for five cycles with an exchange rate of even over 90%. The evaporation process caused around 18% of the loss of weight between 25°C and 190°C, while soil organic breakdown caused almost 31% of the loss of weight around 700°C. As a result, the little reduction in enzymatic effectiveness of the recoverable multilayer CuO substrate might be attributed to catalytic degradation throughout spinning and processing.

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Journal Impact Factor	4.3	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
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Editor-in-Chief
Volker Hessel (School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Australia)

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Nam Nghiep Tran (School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Australia)

Editors
Galip Akay (formerly School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Newcastle University, UK)
Isabel Arends (Sustainable Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Michael C. Cann (Environmental Science at Chemistry Department, University of Scranton, USA)
Yi Cheng (Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Tsinghua University, China)
Gianluca Coccia (Department of Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy)
Giancarlo Cravotto (Organic Chemistry, University of Torino, Italy)
Heidrun Gruber-Wölfler (Institute of Process and Particle Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Rama Rao Karri (Faculty in Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, University of Technology Brunei, Brunei)
György Keglevich (Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)
Dana Kralisch (Institute for Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany)
Yuliang Li (School of Environment Engineering and Science, Chang'an University, Xi'an, China)
Rock Keey Liew (Pyrolysis Technology Research Group, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia)
LiangLiang Lin (School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, China)
Krishna D.P. Nigam (Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology Delhi, India)
Ram Prasad (Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, India)
Silambarasan Rajendran (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Annapoorana Engineering College, India)
Abdur Rauf (Department of Chemistry, University of Swabi, Pakistan)
Suresh Sagadevan (Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Basu Saha (Chemical Engineering Department, Lancaster University, UK)
Christophe A. Serra (European Engineering School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials Science, University of Strasbourg, France)
Hai Nguyen Tran (Institute of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Duy Tan University, Vietnam)
Palanivel Velmurugan (Centre for Research, Bharat Institute of Higher Education and Research Selaiyur, India)
Dai-Viet N. Vo (Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, University of Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia)
Whei Zhang (Boston Center for Green Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA)
Antonio Zuorro (Department of Chemical, Materials and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza - University of Rome, Italy)

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Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
First published: February 20, 2012
Publication Frequency: 1 Issue per Year
Audience: Chemists; chemical and environmental engineers; physicists; materials scientists

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Value-added utilization of coal fly ash and recycled polyvinyl chloride in door or window sub-frame composites

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High removal efficiency of volatile phenol from coking wastewater using coal gasification slag via optimized adsorption and multi-grade batch process

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Evolution of surface morphology and properties of diamond films by hydrogen plasma etching

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Removal efficiency of dibenzofuran using CuZn-zeolitic imidazole frameworks as a catalyst and adsorbent

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Rapid and efficient microwave-assisted extraction of Caesalpinia sappan Linn. heartwood and subsequent synthesis of gold nanoparticles

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The catalytic characteristics of 2-methylnaphthalene acylation with AlCl3 immobilized on Hβ as Lewis acid catalyst

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Biodegradation of synthetic PVP biofilms using natural materials and nanoparticles

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Rutin-loaded selenium nanoparticles modulated the redox status, inflammatory, and apoptotic pathways associated with pentylenetetrazole-induced epilepsy in mice

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Optimization of apigenin nanoparticles prepared by planetary ball milling: In vitro and in vivo studies

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Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles using Origanum onites leaves: Cytotoxic, apoptotic, and necrotic effects on Capan-1, L929, and Caco-2 cell lines

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Exergy analysis of a conceptual CO2 capture process with an amine-based DES

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Construction of fluorescence system of felodipine–tetracyanovinyl–2,2′-bipyridine complex

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Excellent photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B over Bi2O3 supported on Zn-MOF nanocomposites under visible light

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Optimization-based control strategy for a large-scale polyhydroxyalkanoates production in a fed-batch bioreactor using a coupled PDE–ODE system

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Effectiveness of pH and amount of Artemia urumiana extract on physical, chemical, and biological attributes of UV-fabricated biogold nanoparticles

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Geranium leaf-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their transcriptomic effects on Candida albicans

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Synthesis, characterization, anticancer, anti-inflammatory activities, and docking studies of 3,5-disubstituted thiadiazine-2-thiones

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Synthesis and stability of phospholipid-encapsulated nano-selenium

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Putative anti-proliferative effect of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) seed and its nano-formulation

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Enrichment of low-grade phosphorites by the selective leaching method

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Electrochemical analysis of the dissolution of gold in a copper–ethylenediamine–thiosulfate system

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Characterisation of carbonate lake sediments as a potential filler for polymer composites

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Evaluation of nano-selenium biofortification characteristics of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

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Quality of oil extracted by cold press from Nigella sativa seeds incorporated with rosemary extracts and pretreated by microwaves

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Heteropolyacid-loaded MOF-derived mesoporous zirconia catalyst for chemical degradation of rhodamine B

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Recovery of critical metals from carbonatite-type mineral wastes: Geochemical modeling investigation of (bio)hydrometallurgical leaching of REEs

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Photocatalytic properties of ZnFe-mixed oxides synthesized via a simple route for water remediation

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Attenuation of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate-induced hepatic and renal toxicity by naringin nanoparticles in a rat model

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Novel in situ synthesis of quaternary core–shell metallic sulfide nanocomposites for degradation of organic dyes and hydrogen production

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Microfluidic steam-based synthesis of luminescent carbon quantum dots as sensing probes for nitrite detection

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Transformation of eggshell waste to egg white protein solution, calcium chloride dihydrate, and eggshell membrane powder

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Preparation of Zr-MOFs for the adsorption of doxycycline hydrochloride from wastewater

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Green nanoarchitectonics of the silver nanocrystal potential for treating malaria and their cytotoxic effects on the kidney Vero cell line

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Carbon emissions analysis of producing modified asphalt with natural asphalt

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An efficient and green synthesis of 2-phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-ones via t-BuONa-mediated oxidative condensation of 2-aminobenzamides and benzyl alcohols under solvent- and transition metal-free conditions

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Chitosan nanoparticles loaded with mesosulfuron methyl and mesosulfuron methyl + florasulam + MCPA isooctyl to manage weeds of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

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Synergism between lignite and high-sulfur petroleum coke in CO2 gasification

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Facile aqueous synthesis of ZnCuInS/ZnS–ZnS QDs with enhanced photoluminescence lifetime for selective detection of Cu(ii) ions

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Rapid synthesis of copper nanoparticles using Nepeta cataria leaves: An eco-friendly management of disease-causing vectors and bacterial pathogens

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Study on the photoelectrocatalytic activity of reduced TiO2 nanotube films for removal of methyl orange

The catalytic characteristics of 2-methylnaphthalene acylation with AlCl₃ immobilized on Hβ as Lewis acid catalyst

Exergy analysis of a conceptual CO₂ capture process with an amine-based DES

Excellent photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B over Bi₂O₃ supported on Zn-MOF nanocomposites under visible light

Synergism between lignite and high-sulfur petroleum coke in CO₂ gasification

Study on the photoelectrocatalytic activity of reduced TiO₂ nanotube films for removal of methyl orange

Green synthesis of strontium-doped tin dioxide (SrSnO₂) nanoparticles using the Mahonia bealei leaf extract and evaluation of their anticancer and antimicrobial activities

Green-processed nano-biocomposite (ZnO–TiO₂): Potential candidates for biomedical applications