Chemistry and Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Development : Best Practices and Research Directions

The world faces significant challenges as population and consumption continue to grow while nonrenewable fossil fuels and other raw materials are depleted at ever-increasing rates. This volume takes a technical approach that addresses these issues using green design and analysis. It brings together innovative research, new concepts, and novel developments in the application of new tools for chemical and materials engineers. It is an immensely research-oriented, comprehensive, and practical work that focuses on the use of applied concepts to enhance productivity and sustainability in chemical engineering. It contains significant research that reports on new methodologies and important applications in the fields of chemical engineering as well as the latest coverage of chemical databases. Highlighting theoretical foundations, real-world cases, and future directions, the volume covers a diverse collection of the newest innovations in the field, including new research on atomic/nuclear physics, the barometric formula, amino acids in aqueous solutions, bioremediation and biotechnology, and more.

Preface

Chapter 1 : Limiting Diffusion Coefficients of Bovine Serum Albumin in Aqueous Solutions of Sulfonated Resorcinarenes
Chapter 2 : Notes on the Barometric Formula
Chapter 3 : Green Technology Products for Sustainable Development
Chapter 4 : Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Amino Acids in Aqueous Solution
Chapter 5 : Nature’s Green Catalyst for Environmental Remediation, Clean Energy Production, and Sustainable Development
Chapter 6 : Green Catalysis, Green Chemistry, and Organic Syntheses for Sustainable Development
Chapter 7 : Characterization of Some Carbohydrates in Aqueous Solutions as Seen by Mutual Diffusion
Chapter 8 : Advancements in Bioremediation and Biotechnology—A Critical Overview
Chapter 9 : Porous Materials, Metal-Organic Frameworks and Conduction
Chapter 10 : Chemical Mesoscopics for Description of Magnetic Metal Carbon Mesoscopic Composites Synthesis
Chapter 11 : Analysis of Fumes Arising During Fabrication of Hybrid Adhesive-Laser Joints
Chapter 12 : Application of Green Technology for Energy Conservation and Sustainable Development
Chapter 13 : Immunomodulatory Molecules from Himalayan Medicinal Plants
Chapter 14 : Superconductors, Magnetism, Quantum Metrology and Computing
Chapter 15 : Drug-Delivery Systems : Study of Quaternary Systems Methylxanthine Cyclodextrin KCl Water at (298.15 and 310.15) K

Index