Biocompatible Solvents and Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactants as Sustainable Components to Formulate Environmentally Friendly Organized Systems

Sustainable and environmentally friendly production of leather

Focus of the leather producing industry is the transformation of untreated skins that are brittle under dry conditions and may rot under wet conditions into durable, imperishable leather by processes which incorporate tanning agents into the hides. The traditional processes comprise a multitude of different steps (up to 70), are time-consuming and water intensive. An accrual of 20 to 40 t of wa...

Polyester-Based (Bio)degradable Polymers as Environmentally Friendly Materials for Sustainable Development

This review focuses on the polyesters such as polylactide and polyhydroxyalkonoates, as well as polyamides produced from renewable resources, which are currently among the most promising (bio)degradable polymers. Synthetic pathways, favourable properties and utilisation (most important applications) of these attractive polymer families are outlined. Environmental impact and in particular (bio)d...

Ionic Liquids: Solvents for sustainable chemistry

New catanionic surfactants with ionic liquid properties.

A systematic study of the physico-chemical properties of a series of new catanionic surfactants with ionic liquid properties is reported. Importantly, by avoiding environmentally unfriendly halide and imidazolium based moieties highly tunable surfactant ionic liquids have been prepared.

Waste Management of Building Ceramic Materials Using the DfD Technique: Sustainable Development and Environmentally Friendly

Nowadays, in modern societies, growing activities in construction affairs and their economic development have been resulted construction wastes and so much demolition in the past three decades. Most of these wastes have not been treated and therefore caused severe damages to the environment. In this research, after reviewing construction and demolition management methods and their accesso...