London, 1-Dec-2016
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Vania Zuin and
Mario Pagliaro have been appointed Editors of
Chemistry Central Journal new
Green and Sustainable Chemistry section.
Chemistry Central Journal is
an high impact (IF = 2.55 in 2014) open access journal owned by
SpringerOpen offering a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining
rigorous peer review. Articles are
published with their final citation after acceptance, in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF available through
Chemistry Central Journal and SpringerOpen websites.
This
new section was launched in 2016 and will publish peer-reviewed open access articles in all areas of green and
sustainable
chemistry, including green routes to the synthesis of compounds and
materials, catalysis and biocatalysis that lead to sustainable
processes, biomass conversion, biofuels, biorefineries, green
metrics,
microwave and ultrasonic-assisted reactions, improvements in energy
efficiency and nanotechnology that enhances the sustainability aspects
of chemical processes.
Vania Zuin is a Professor at
the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar, Brazil). Her
background is Analytical Green Chemistry and Green Chemistry Education,
with major interests in developing green
analytical
methodologies that are incipient to determine bioactive high-value
organic substances extracted from Brazilian agro-industrial residues,
particularly in separation science. Also, her research focuses on the
development and dissemination of Green Chemistry educational material
for Higher Education.
Mario Pagliaro is a chemistry and energy scholar based at
Italy's CNR where he leads a research Group whose work is developed in
co-operation with leading researchers based in 20 countries, including
Israel, China, Portugal and Canada. He has worked and studied in Italy,
the Netherlands, Israel, France, Germany and Quebec. His research
interests are in the broad areas of nanochemistry, solar energy and the
bioeconomy. In 2008 he introduced the term "Helionomics" in the book
Flexible Solar Cells.
His Group's research achievements, include over 180 research papers,
20 books, several book chapters and green chemistry technologies used
across the world. He has a prolonged interest also in sustainability
and management topics. Between September and December 2015 he was
president of Palermo's public energy utility.
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