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Bio-Based Chemicals from Renewable Biomass for Integrated Biorefineries by Kohli, Kirtika, Prajapati, Ravindra, Sharma, Brajendra K

“…The production of chemicals from biomass, a renewable feedstock, is highly desirable in replacing petrochemicals to make biorefineries more economical. The…”
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Effective delignification of lignocellulosic biomass by microwave assisted deep eutectic solvents by Kohli, Kirtika, Katuwal, Sarmila, Biswas, Atanu, Sharma, Brajendra K.

“…•DES were found to be effective for the delignification of biomass feedstocks.•Delignification was higher with ChCl.FA for miscanthus and ChCl.OA for…”
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Production, characterization and fuel properties of alternative diesel fuel from pyrolysis of waste plastic grocery bags by SHARMA, Brajendra K, MOSER, Bryan R, VERMILLION, Karl E, DOLL, Kenneth M, RAJAGOPALAN, Nandakishore

“…Pyrolysis of HDPE waste grocery bags followed by distillation resulted in a liquid hydrocarbon mixture with average structure consisting of saturated aliphatic…”
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Chemically Modifying Vegetable Oils to Prepare Green Lubricants by Karmakar, Gobinda, Ghosh, Pranab, Sharma, Brajendra

“…Chemically modifying vegetable oils to produce an alternative to petroleum-based materials is one of the most important emerging industrial research areas…”
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Potential Chemicals from Plastic Wastes by Prajapati, Ravindra, Kohli, Kirtika, Maity, Samir, Sharma, Brajendra

“…Plastic is referred to as a “material of every application”. From the packaging and automotive industries to the medical apparatus and computer electronics…”
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Dimethyl Carbonate: Review of Synthesis Routes and Catalysts Used by Kohli, Kirtika, Sharma, Brajendra K., Panchal, Chandrakant B.

“…This review summarizes the performance of potential catalysts for the synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) using CO2 as a feedstock by two major processes—the…”
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Lubricant Base Stock Potential of Chemically Modified Vegetable Oils by Erhan, Sevim Z, Sharma, Brajendra K, Liu, Zengshe, Adhvaryu, Atanu

“…The environment must be protected against pollution caused by lubricants based on petroleum oils. The pollution problem is so severe that approximately 50% of…”
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Photocatalytic Cleavage of β-O-4 Ether Bonds in Lignin over Ni/TiO2 by Chen, Changzhou, Liu, Peng, Xia, Haihong, Zhou, Minghao, Zhao, Jiaping, Sharma, Brajendra K., Jiang, Jianchun

“…It is of great importance to explore the selective hydrogenolysis of β-O-4 linkages, which account for 45–60% of all linkages in native lignin, to produce…”
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Materials and Energy Recovery from E‑Waste Plastics by Chandrasekaran, Sriraam R, Avasarala, Sumant, Murali, Dheeptha, Rajagopalan, Nandakishore, Sharma, Brajendra K

“…The objective of the current study was to investigate environmentally sustainable and energy efficient processes to recover value added material and energy…”
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A Short Review on Polymeric Biomaterials as Additives for Lubricants by Karmakar, Gobinda, Dey, Koushik, Ghosh, Pranab, Sharma, Brajendra K, Erhan, Sevim Z

“…With increasing environmental concerns and the depletion of petroleum resources, the development of lubricant additives from bioresources has attracted much…”
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Pyrolytic Depolymerization Mechanisms for Post-Consumer Plastic Wastes by Kohli, Kirtika, Chandrasekaran, Sriraam R., Prajapati, Ravindra, Kunwar, Bidhya, Al-Salem, Sultan, Moser, Bryan R., Sharma, Brajendra K.

“…Fast pyrolysis of five post-consumer plastic waste materials was studied using pyrolysis coupled with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS)…”
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Interactions of Surfactants with Biomimetic Membranes-2. Generation of Electric Potential with Non-Ionic Surfactants by Kocherginsky, Nikolai M, Sharma, Brajendra K

“…It is known that noncharged surfactants lead to electric effects that interact with biomimetic membranes made of nitrocellulose filters, which are impregnated…”
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A Review of Microwave Assisted Liquefaction of Lignin in Hydrogen Donor Solvents: Effect of Solvents and Catalysts by Zhou, Minghao, Xu, Junming, Jiang, Jianchun, Sharma, Brajendra K

“…The presence of phenylpropane units in lignin makes it a possible and promising alternative for the production of liquid fuels and/or aromatic compounds (such…”
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Bilayer Films of Poly(lactic acid) and Cottonseed Protein for Packaging Applications by Biswas, Atanu, Cheng, Huai N, Kuzniar, Gary, He, Zhongqi, Kim, Sanghoon, Furtado, Roselayne F, Alves, Carlucio R, Sharma, Brajendra K

“…Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is a common biobased film-former made from renewable biomass, such as polysaccharides from sugarcane, corn, or cassava. It has good…”
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Glycerol Monooleate (GMO): A Valuable Biobased Lubricity and Pour Point Enhancer Blend Component for the ULSD Fuel by Shah, Shailesh N., Liu, Zengshe, Sharma, Brajendra K.

“…Novel value-added usage of glycerol (biodiesel coproduct) derivatives has been indispensable due to the extensive production of biodiesel. The physical…”
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Friction and wear behavior of thioether hydroxy vegetable oil by Sharma, Brajendra K., Adhvaryu, A., Erhan, Sevim Z.

“…This work describes the tribochemical evaluation of vegetable oil based antiwear additive obtained through chemical modification. The Sulfur was incorporated…”
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In Vitro Evaluation of the Adsorption Efficacy of Biochar Materials on Aflatoxin B1, Ochratoxin A, and Zearalenone by Appell, Michael, Wegener, Evan C., Sharma, Brajendra K., Eller, Fred J., Evans, Kervin O., Compton, David L.

“…Mycotoxin sequestration materials are important tools to reduce mycotoxin illness and enable proper handling of mycotoxin-contaminated commodities. Three…”
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Plastics to fuel: a review by Kunwar, Bidhya, Cheng, H.N., Chandrashekaran, Sriram R, Sharma, Brajendra K

“…The thermal and catalytic processes of converting waste plactics into fuels are promising techniques to eliminate the refuse which otherwise is harmful to the…”
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Optimization and mechanism studies on cell disruption and phosphorus recovery from microalgae with magnesium modified hydrochar in assisted hydrothermal system by Deng, Yaxin, Zhang, Tao, Sharma, Brajendra K., Nie, Haiyu

“…Considering the phosphorus (P) reserve state and its value, recovery of P from microalgae has become a popular topic. In this study, an integrated system of a…”
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Hydroprocessing of bio-crude from continuous hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae by Biller, Patrick, Sharma, Brajendra K., Kunwar, Bidhya, Ross, Andrew B.

“…[Display omitted] •Novel continuous HTL reactor for microalgae is presented.•Residence times of 1–6min resulted in up to 40% bio-crude yields.•Lower residence…”
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