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2020 Publications

Ahmad, S., Zhu, X., Luo, J., Zhou, S., Zhang, C., Fan, J., Clark, J.H. & Zhang, S. (2020). Phosphorus and nitrogen transformation in antibiotic mycelial residue derived hydrochar and activated pyrolyzed samples: Effect on Pb (II) immobilization. Journal of hazardous materials, 393, 122446.

Alarcon, R.T., Gaglieri, C., Lamb, K.J., North, M. & Bannach, G. (2020). Spectroscopic characterization and thermal behaviour of baru nut and macaw palm vegetable oils and their epoxidized derivatives. Industrial Crops and Products, 154, 112585.

Alarcon, R.T., Lamb, K.J., Bannach, G. & North, M. (2020). Opportunities for the use of Brazilian biomass to produce renewable chemicals and materials. ChemSusChem, 14(1), 169-188.

Allais, F., Coqueret, X., Farmer, T., Raverty, W., Rémond, C. & Paës, G. (2020). Editorial: From Biomass to Advanced Bio-Based Chemicals & Materials: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Frontiers in Chemistry, 8(131), DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00131

Amadi-Kamalu, C., Clarke, H., McRobie, M., Mortimer, J., North, M., Ran, Y., Routledge, A., Sibbald, D., Tickias, M., Tse, K. & Willway, H. (2020). Investigation of parameters that affect resin swelling in green solvents. ChemistryOpen, 9, 431–44.

Attard, T.M., Clark, J.H. & McElroy, C.R. (2020). Recent developments in key biorefinery areas. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 21, 64-74.

Bansal, M., Patnala, P.K. & Dugmore, T.I.J. (2020). Adsorption of Eriochrome Black-T(EBT) using tea waste as a low cost adsorbent by batch studies: A green approach for dye effluent treatments. Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, DOI: 10.1016/j.crgsc.2020.100036

Bukhanko, N., Attard, T., Arshadi, M., Eriksson, D., Budarin, V., Hunt, A. J., Geladi, P., Bergsten, U. & Clark, J.H. (2020). Extraction of cones, branches, needles and bark from Norway spruce (Picea abies) by supercritical carbon dioxide and soxhlet extractions techniques. Industrial Crops and Products, 145, 112096.

Byrne, F.P., Nussbaumer, C.M., Savin, E.J., Milescu, R.A., McElroy, C.R., Clark, J.H., van Vugt-Lussenburg, B.M.A., van der Burg, B., Meima, M.Y., Buist, H.E., Kroese, D., Hunt, A.J. & Farmer, T.J. (2020). A family of water immiscible, dipolar aprotic, diamide solvents from succinic acid. ChemSusChem, 13, 3212–3221.

Cao, Y., Chen, S. S., Tsang, D. C. W., Clark, J. H., Budarin, V. L., Hu, C., Wu, K.C.W. & Zhang, S. (2020). Microwave-assisted depolymerization of various types of waste lignins over two-dimensional CuO/BCN catalysts. Green Chemistry, 22(3), 725-736.

Cao, L., Yu, I. K. M., Xiong, X., Tsang, D. C. W., Zhang, S., Clark, J. H., Hu, C., Ng, Y. H., Shang, J., & Ok, Y. S. (2020). Biorenewable hydrogen production through biomass gasification: A review and future prospects. Environmental Research, 186, 109547, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109547

Cao, Y., Zhang, C., Tsang, D.C.W., Fan, J., Clark, J.H. & Zhang, S. (2020). Hydrothermal liquefaction of lignin to aromatic chemicals: impact of lignin structure. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 59, 16957-16969.

Chen, H., Hao, S., Chen, Z., O-Thong, S., Fan, J., Clark, J.H., Luo, G. & Zhang, S. (2020). Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of aqueous phasegenerated from hydrothermal liquefaction of cornstalk: Molecular and metabolic insights. Water Research, 168, 115199.

Comerford, J.W., Byrne, F.P., Weinberger, S., Farmer, T.J.,Guebitz, G.M., Gardossi, L. & Pellis, A. (2020). Thermal upgrade of enzymatically synthesized aliphatic and aromatic oligoesters. Materials, 13(2), 368, DOI: 10.3390/ma13020368.

Deng, Y., Zhang, T., Clark, J., Aminabhavi, T., Kruse, A., Tsang, D. C. W., Sharma, B. K., Zhang, F., & Ren, H. (2020). Mechanisms and modelling of phosphorus solid-liquid transformation during the hydrothermal processing of swine manure. Green Chem., 22(17), 5628-5638.

Doroshenko, A., Pylypenko, I., Gromovaite, S., Clark, J.H. & Budarin, V.L. (2020). Effect of exchangeable cation in clays on the yield and quality of the bio-oil during microwave pyrolysis of cellulose. Sustain. Chem., 1(3), 315-324.

Dutta, S., Yu, I.K.M., Tsang, D., Fan, J., Clark, J.H., Jiang, Z., Su, Z., Hu, C. & Poon, C.S. (2020). Efficient depolymerization of cellulosic paper towel waste using organic carbonate solvents. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 8(34), 13100-13110.

Gao, Y., Xing, F., Jha, M., Yadav, K.K., Yadav, R. & Matharu, A.S. (2020). Toward novel biocomposites from unavoidable food supply chain wastes and zirconia. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng, 8, 37, 14039–14046.

Garza-Cervantes, J.A., Mendiola-Garza, G., de Melo, E.M., Dugmore, T.I.J., Matharu, A.S. & Morones-Ramirez, J.R. (2020). Antimicrobial activity of a silver-microfibrillated cellulose biocomposite against susceptible and resistant bacteria. Sci. Rep., 10, 7281, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64127-9.

Gupta, R., Kumar, P., Fahmi, N., Garg, B., Dutta, S., Sachar, S., Matharu, A.S. & Vimaleswaran, K.S. (2020). Endocrine disruption and obesity: a current review on environmental obesogens. Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, DOI: 10.1016/j.crgsc.2020.06.002

Hayes, C., Stott, K., Lamb, K.J. & Hurst, G.A. (2020). “Making Every Second Count”: Utilizing TikTok and systems thinking to facilitate scientific public engagement and contextualization of chemistry at home. J. Chem. Educ., 97(10), 3858–3866.

Hurst, G. A. (2020). Systems thinking approaches for international green chemistry education. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 21, 93-97.

Hurst, G. A. (2020) Online group work with a large cohort: challenges and new benefits. J. Chem. Educ., 97, 9, 2706–2710.

Hurst, G. A. & Clark, J. H. (2020). Editorial overview: Education in green and sustainable chemistry and green and sustainable pharmacy: An integrated approach. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 16, 100272, DOI: 10.1016/j.scp.2020.100272

Jefferson, M.T., Rutter, C., Fraine, K., Borges, G.V.B, de Souza Santos, G.M., Schoene, F.A.P. & Hurst, G.A. (2020). Valorization of sour milk to form bioplastics: friend or foe? J. Chem. Educ., 97(4), 1073–1076.

Jiang, Z., Ding, W., Xu, S., Remón, J., Shi, B., Hu, C. & Clark, J.H. (2020). A ‘Trojan horse strategy’ for the development of a renewable leather tanning agent produced via an AlCl₃-catalyzed cellulose depolymerisation. Green Chem., 22, 316-321.

Kümmerer, K., Clark, J.H. & Zuin, V.G. (2020). Rethinking chemistry for a circular economy. Science, 367(6476), 369-370.

Lamb, K.J., Dowsett, M., North, M., Parker, R.R. & Whitwood, A.C. (2020). Unprecedented reductive cyclisation of salophen ligands to tetrahydroquinoxalines during metal complex formation. ChemComm, 56, 4844-4847.

Lees, M., Wentzel, M.T, Clark, J. H. & Hurst, G. A. (2020) Green Tycoon: A mobile application game to introduce biorefining principles in green chemistry. J. Chem. Educ., 97, 2014−2019.

Lie, Y., Pellis, A., Funes-Ardoiz, I., Sampedro  D., Macquarrie, D.J. & Farmer, T.J. (2020). Work‐hardening photopolymer from renewable photoactive 3,3’‐(2,5‐furandiyl)bisacrylic acid. ChemSusChem, 13(16), 4140-4150.

Little, A., Pellis, A., Comerford, J.W., Naranjo-Valles, E., Hafezi, N., Mascal, M. & Farmer, T.J. (2020). Effects of methyl branching on the properties and performance of furandioate-adipate copolyesters of bio-based secondary diols. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 8(38), 14471–14483.

Liu, X., Bouxin, F., Fan, J., Budarin, V.L., Hu, C. & Clark, J.H. (2020). Recent advances in the catalytic depolymerization of lignin towards phenolic chemicals: a review. ChemSusChem, 13, 4296–4317.

Lokesh, K., Matharu, A.S., Kookos, I.K., Ladakis, D., Koutinas, A., Morone, P. & Clark, J.H. (2020). Hybridised sustainability metrics for use in life cycle assessment of bio-based products: resource efficiency and circularity. Green Chem., 22, 803-813.

Longanesi, L., Bouxin, F.P., Fan, J., Auta, H., Gammons, R., Abeln, F., Budarin, V.L., Clark, J.H. & Chuck, C.J. (2020). Scaled-up microwave-assisted pretreatment and continuous fermentation to produce yeast lipids from brewery wastes. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 59(44), 19803–19816.

Longanesi, L., Bouxin, F.P., Fan, J., Auta, H., Gammons, R., Budarin, V.L., Vriza, A., Clark, J.H. & Chuck, C.J. (2020). Valorisation of sawdust through the combined microwave-assisted hydrothermal pre-treatment and fermentation using an oleaginous yeast. Biomass Conv. Bioref., DOI: 10.1007/s13399-020-00757-3

Lorente, A., Remón, J., Salgado, M., Huertas-Alonso, A.J., Sánchez-Verdú, P., Moreno, A. & Clark, J.H. (2020). Sustainable production of solid biofuels and biomaterials by microwave-assisted, hydrothermal carbonization (MA-HTC) of brewers’ spent grain (BSG). ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 8(51), 18982–18991.

Luo, J., Lin, L., Liu, C., Jia, C., Chen, T., Yang, Y., Shen, M., Shang, H., Zhou, S., Huang, M., Wang, Y., Zhou, D., Fan, J., Clark, J. H., Zhang, S., & Zhu, X. (2020). Reveal a hidden highly toxic substance in biochar to support its effective elimination strategy. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 399, 123055, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123055

Mampuys, P., McElroy, C.R., Clark, J.H., Orru, R.V.A. & Maes, B.U.W. (2020). Thiosulfonates as emerging reactants: synthesis and applications. Adv. Synth. Catal., 362, 3-64.

Maneffa, A.J., Harrison, A.B., Radford, S.J., Whitehouse, A.S., Clark, J.H. & Matharu, A.S. (2020). Deep eutectic solvents based on natural ascorbic acid analogues and choline chloride. ChemistryOpen, 9, 559–567.

Maneffa, A.J., Whitwood, A.C., Whitehouse, A.S., Powell, H., Clark, J.H. & Matharu, A.S. (2020). Unforeseen crystal forms of the natural osmolyte floridoside. Communications Chemistry, 3:128, DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-00376

Marciniak, A.A., Lamb, K.J., Ozorio, L.P., Mota, C.J.A. & North, M. (2020). Heterogeneous catalysts for cyclic carbonate synthesis from carbon dioxide and epoxides. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 100365, DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100365

Milescu, R.A., Dennis, M.R., McElroy, C.R., Macquarrie, D.J., Matharu, A.S., Smith, M.W., Clark, J.H. & Budarin, V.L. (2020). The role of surface functionality of sustainable mesoporous materials Starbon® on the adsorption of toxic ammonia and sulphur gasses. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 15, 100230, DOI: 10.1016/j.scp.2020.100230.

Milescu, R.A., Segatto, M.L., Stahl, A., McElroy, C.R., Farmer, T.J., Clark, J.H. & Zuin, V.G. (2020). Sustainable single-stage solid–liquid extraction of hesperidin and rutin from agro-products using Cyrene. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 8(49), 18245–18257.

Monteith, E., Mampuys, P., Summerton, L., Clark, J.H., Maes, B.U.W. & McElroy, C.R. (2020). Why we might be misusing Process Mass Intensity (PMI) and a methodology to apply it effectively as a discovery level metric. Green Chem., 22, 123-135.

Morone, P. & Clark, J. H. (2020). Transition Towards A Sustainable Biobased Economy. Green Chemistry Series. Royal Society of Chemistry.

Orjuela, A. & Clark, J. (2020). Green chemicals from used cooking oils: Trends, challenges, and opportunities. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 26:100369.

Paggiola, G., Derrien., N., Moseley, J.D., Green, A., Flitsch, S.L., Clark, J.H., McElroy, C.R. & Hunt, A.J. (2020). Application of bio-based solvents for biocatalysed synthesis of amides with Pseudomonas stutzeri lipase (PSL). Pure Appl. Chem., 92(4), 579–586.

Pellis, A., Weinberger, S., Gigli, M., Guebitz, G.M. & Farmer, T.J. (2020). Enzymatic synthesis of biobased polyesters utilizing aromatic diols as the rigid component. Eur. Polym. J, 130, 109680.

Remón, J., Danby, S.H., Clark, J.H. & Matharu, A.S. (2020). A new step forward non-seasonal 5G bio-refineries: Microwave-assisted, synergistic, co-depolymerisation of Wheat Straw (2G biomass) and Laminaria Saccharina (3G biomass). ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 8(33), 12493–12510.

Remón, J., Hurst, G.A. & Arauzo, J. (2020). Towards a multicultural and global education via international co-operation: British chemists working with Spanish chemical engineers on new bio-refinery concepts. In INTED2020 Proceedings (pp. 9523-9528).

Remón, J., Latorre-Viu, J., Matharu, A.S., Pinilla, J.L. & Suelves, I. (2020). Analysis and optimisation of a novel ‘almond-refinery’ concept: Simultaneous production of biofuels and value-added chemicals by hydrothermal treatment of almond hulls. Sci. Total Environ, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142671

Sadhukhan, J., Dugmore, T.I.J., Matharu, A.S., Martinez-Hernandez, E., Aburto, J., Rahman, P. K. S. M. & Lynch, J. (2020). Perspectives on “game changer” global challenges for sustainable 21st century: plant-based diet, unavoidable food waste biorefining, and circular economy. Sustainability, 12(5), 1976, DOI: 10.3390/su12051976

Sherwood, J. (2020). Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling is not an informative reaction to demonstrate the performance of new solvents. Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 16, 1001–1005.

Sherwood, J. (2020). The significance of biomass in a circular economy. Bioresource Technology, 122755, DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122755

Sherwood, J. (2020). Closed-loop recycling of polymers using solvents. Johnson Matthey Technology Review, 64(1), 4-15, DOI: 10.1595/205651319x15574756736831

Shoesmith, J., Hook, J.D, Parsons, A. F. & Hurst, G. A. (2020) Organic Fanatic: A quiz-based mobile application game to support learning the structure and reactivity of organic compounds. J. Chem. Educ., 97(8), 2314–2318.

Sun, Y., Yu, I. K. M., Tsang, D. C. W., Fan, J., Clark, J. H., Luo, G., Zhang, S., Khan, E., & Graham, N. J. D. (2020). Tailored design of graphitic biochar for high-efficiency and chemical-free microwave-assisted removal of refractory organic contaminants. Chemical Engineering Journal, 398, 125505, DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.125505

Wang, Z., Su, Y., Jin, S., Shen, W., Ren, J., Zhang, X. & Clark, J.H. (2020). A novel unambiguous strategy of molecular feature extraction in machine learning assisted predictive models for environmental properties. Green Chem., 22, 3867-3876.

Wu, J., Shen, L., Duan, S., Chen, Z-N., Zheng, Q., Liu, Y., Sun, Z., Clark, J.H., Xu, X. & Tu. T. (2020). Selective catalytic dehydrogenative oxidation of bio‐polyols to lactic acid. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 13871–13878.

Xiong, X., Yu, I. K. M., Tsang, D. C. W., Chen, L., Su, Z., Hu, C., Luo, G., Zhang, S., Ok, Y. S. & Clark, J. H. (2020). Study of glucose isomerisation to fructose over three heterogeneous carbon-based aluminium-impregnated catalysts. Journal of Cleaner Production, 268, 122378.

Yang, X., Yu, I. K. M., Tsang, D. C. W., Budarin, V. L., Clark, J. H., Wu, K. C. W., Yip, A. C. K., Gao, B., Lam, S. S. & Ok, Y. S. (2020). Ball-milled, solvent-free Sn-functionalisation of wood waste biochar for sugar conversion in food waste valorisation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 268, 122300.

Yu, I.K.M., Chen, H., Abeln, F., Auta, H., Fan, J., Budarin, V.L., Clark, J.H., Parsons, S., Chuck, C.J., Zhang, S., Luo, G. & Tsang, D.C.W. (2020). Chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass: A critical comparison between biochemical, microwave and thermochemical conversion methods. Crit Rev Environ Sci Tech., 51(14), 1479-1532.

Yu, I.K.M., Fan, J., Budarin, V.L., Bouxin, F., Clark, J.H. & Tsang, D.C.W. (2020). Evidences of starch-microwave interactions under hydrolytic and pyrolytic conditions. Green Chem., 22, 7109-7118.

Yu, I.K.M., Fan, J., Budarin, V.L., Bouxin, F., Clark, J.H. & Tsang, D.C.W. (2020). NaCl-promoted phase transition and glycosidic bond cleavage under microwave heating for energy-efficient biorefinery of rice starch. Green Chem., 22, 7355–7365.

Yu, F., Zhu, X., Jin, W., Fan, J., Clark, J. H., & Zhang, S. (2020). Optimized synthesis of granular fuel and granular activated carbon from sawdust hydrochar without binder. Journal of Cleaner Production, 276, 122711, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122711

Yue, H., Zheng, Y., Zheng, P., Guo, J.W., Fernandez, J.P., Clark, J.H. & Cui, Y. (2020). On the improvement of properties of composites derived from wasted cottonseed protein by rational cross-linking and natural fibre reinforcement. Green Chem., 22, 8642-8655.

Zhang, H., Clark, J.H., Geng, T., Zhang, H. & Cao, F. (2020). A carbon catalyst co-doped with P and N for efficient and selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-diformylfuran. ChemSusChem, 14(1), 456-466.