In my previous video I described how to extract acetylsalicylic acid from Aspirin tablets. In this video, I will be hydrolyzing ester bond in the acetylsalicylic acid to form salicylic acid. Message ...

Rolls of brightly colored plastic. After it is used and discarded, polylactic acid could be used as a feedstock for making the amino acid alanine. Credit: Shutterstock One of the simpler amino acids, ...

Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is widely distributed in human tissues, although its physiological roles remain incompletely defined. It contributes modestly to cholinergic transmission and participates ...

Generating energy from renewable sources instead of fossil resources is pivotal for realizing a sustainable and carbon-neutral society. At present, biomass-derived transportation fuels have been ...

While protein design is experiencing a period of rapid development and advancement, there’s one particularly challenging class of proteins that’s giving researchers a hard time: enzymes. Now ...

Centre for Membrane separations, Adsorption, Catalysis and Spectroscopy for sustainable solutions (cMACS), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium In order to deal with legacy additives in plastic waste streams, ...

ABSTRACT: The application potential of cellulosic materials in natural composites and other fields needs to be explored to develop innovative, sustainable, lightweight, functional biomass materials ...

ABSTRACT: Many nanoparticles have been created over the last few decades using a variety of techniques and used to develop environmental technology, including water treatment, the detection of ...

Rise in demand for superabsorbent polymers is driving the acrylic acid esters market value. Superabsorbent polymers are gaining traction in personal care and agriculture industries due to their ...