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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
Dr. Avinash P. Ingle is currently working as a Research Scientist (Ramanujan Fellow) at the Biotechnology Centre, Department of Agricultural Botany, at Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University, in Maharashtra, India. He completed his doctoral degree at SGB Amravati University, working as a Research Scientist at the same institution from 2013 to 2016, before being awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship (FAPESP) at the Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for three years. Dr. Ingle has edited several books with various international publishers, 65 book chapters, and over 90 research publications in international, peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include nanobiotechnology, biofuel technology, and sustainable agriculture.
