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Cover Picture: Recent Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose (ChemCatChem 1/2011)
Author(s) -
Van de Vyver Stijn,
Geboers Jan,
Jacobs Pierre A.,
Sels Bert F.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201190000
Subject(s) - cellulosic ethanol , cover (algebra) , nanotechnology , biomass (ecology) , cellulose , biochemical engineering , biofuel , catalysis , raw material , chemistry , polymer science , environmental science , materials science , organic chemistry , engineering , waste management , biology , ecology , mechanical engineering
The cover picture shows a filmstrip illustrating the bright future of cellulosic biomass as a sustainable feedstock for producing valuable chemicals and biofuels. We are, however, still far away from cost‐effective, large‐scale catalytic applications and the state‐of‐the‐art is still frequently hampered by the notorious recalcitrance of the polymeric biomolecules. In their Minireview on p. 82 ff. , Van de Vyver et al. make an attempt to capture the wide range of recent developments in this area, and they speculate on possible future directions with a primary focus on the role of heterogeneous catalysis.