Nanotechnology for Biorefinery

Focuses on the role of biotechnology and nanotechnology in the production of high value biorefining products

Avinash P. Ingle (Edited by)

9780323959650, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 14 June 2023

356 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.45 kg

Nanotechnology for Biorefinery takes an in-depth look at the emerging role of biotechnology and nanotechnology in biorefinery, considered to be one of the most important fields of research in the greener production of high-value products. With chapters covering the different types of nanomaterials, their properties and synthesis methods, the role of nanotechnology in biorefinery, recent advances and challenges, nanobiocatalysts and the applications of nanotechnology in biorefinery, this book will be of interest to students and researchers alike. It will assist users in their quest to develop cost-effective and environmentally-friendly production methods for various biorefining products.

1. Biorefinery: Current scenarios, challenges and future perspectives
2. Feedstocks in biorefinery: Availability and feasibility
3. Nanomaterials used in biorefinery: types, properties, and synthesis methods
4. Role of nanotechnology in biorefinery: Recent advances and challenges
5. Emerging applications of nanomaterials in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass
6. Nanobiocatalysts: The promising alternatives in biomass hydrolysis
7. A way from Biofuels to Biorefinery: Nanobiotechnological processes and Products
8. Nanotechnology for valorizing the valuable products from lignin: A biorefinery approach
9. The emerging role of nanotechnology in ethanol production
10. Nanotechnology mediated production of biodiesel from microalgal biomass: A sustainable approach in biorefinery
11. Conversion of waste biomass into nanocellulose and their applications as high-value product
12. Nanotechnological biorefining of lignin and their applications
13. Impacts and toxicological concerns of nanomaterials used in biorefinery

Subject Areas: Biochemical engineering [TC]