The aims of this work were to investigate the impact of the heat treatment on the chemical composition (holocellulose, lignin and extractives) of different wood species, to characterise and quantify wood extractives and ...

The present doctoral thesis is focused on the catalytic conversion of bioglycidol into value-added products... [edited by Author]

Nature is a wide source of biologically active compounds investigated with the purpose to be used as drugs due to their biological activity and also useful in pharmaceutical discovery and drug design. Nowadays, medicinal ...

Chirality plays a vital role in human daily life. After the famous but tragic case regarding the Thalidomide, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave a guide in relation to the submission of new drug applications... [edited ...

Search for low cost electronic materials has led towards the synthesis and the employment of organic semiconductors (OSCs), a class of materials that combine the electronic advantages of semiconducting materials with the ...

At the current rate of consumption of petroleum resources, they are predicted to be exhausted within the next century. For this reason, the development of new chemical processes using biorenewable resources is attracting ...

Aliphatic polyesters are emerging as an important class of materials alternatives to te petroleum-based polymers. They are often biodegradable and can be produced from renewable feedstocks. In this context, the developmentof ...

ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporters are the largest superfamily of membrane proteins present in all organisms and they are particularity involved in transport of nutrients and drugs... [edited by Author]

The concept of integrated environmental monitoring includes the gathering of all the information necessary to obtain a comprehensive view of ecosystem status, processes and functionality, through a classical ecological ...

This PhD thesis is concerned with the design, synthesis and the characterization of new macrocyclic derivatives. Development of new macrocyclic compounds is a particularly interesting because they can involve like building ...