Sustainable Chemistry for Health and Environment

A special issue on Sustainable Chemistry covering the medicinal chemistry, green synthesis, biomass derived chemicals, biopolymer for health, nanotechnology, chemical sensors, photochemical reactions, green fuels, natural products, environmental chemistry and allied chemical sciences advances towards sustainable future.

The Department of Chemistry, Deshabndhu College, University of Delhi, India, in association with Augusta University, USA; Indian Society of Chemists & Biologists (ISCB) and the Indian Association of Solid-State Chemists and Allied Scientists (ISCAS) is organising a three-day  International Conference on “Integrative Chemical Science for Health and Environment” on 6-8 October 2023. The conference aims to promote scientific network, research and collaboration among experts from all over the world as well as industry personnel to showcase their products. This event enables the environmentalist, health experts, academicians, researchers, and students to present latest developments, trends, and solutions for addressing the issues of good health and a clean environment.

Rising greenhouse gas emissions, as well as an increased carbon footprint as a result of human-caused activities including land usage, deforestation, biomass burning, and agricultural operations, are creating catastrophic climate change. For decades, chemists and biochemists have worked together to address the critical issue of global warming. To reduce the use of fossil fuels and improve air and land pollution, researchers must develop new alternative chemist technologies that are cost-effective, safe, cleaner, and replenishable, such as renewable energy sources, biofuels, and functionally modified chemicals/nanomaterials. Nanotechnology is one of the most promising technologies for fostering sustainable development by addressing issues such as human health, water treatment, climate change, soil remediation, and environmental problems.

This issue will cover recent trends in chemical science and nanobiotechnology that aid in the diagnosis of infectious diseases through the use of new drugs and delivery vehicles, high-resolution biosensors/nanodevices for rapid diagnosis, and artificial intelligence to treat people living in rural areas who are infected with viral diseases such as COVID-19.  This issue will also take a close look at recent technological developments that solve various challenges connected to the isolation and characterization of natural products to be used as drug leads for tackling important topics such as antibiotic resistance. 

Themes of special issue
  • Recent advances in medicinal chemistry
  • Green synthesis for health and environment
  • Biomass-derived chemicals for pharmaceuticals
  • Functional modification of bio-polymers for health and environment
  • Nanotechnology for drug delivery and for health care monitoring
  • Nanomaterials as chemical sensors for a safer environment
  • Electrochemical water treatment and resource recovery
  • Photochemical processes for health and environment
  • Biomaterials for environmental remediation
  • Sustainable Chemistry
  • Green alternative to fossil fuels
  • Functional molecules/nanomaterials for catalysis
  • Natural product synthesis

Guest Editors

Dr Pratibha Kumari
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Deshbandhu College
University of Delhi, India

Dr Rohit Kholiya
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Deshbandhu College
University of Delhi, India

Dr Vineeta Kashyap
 Assistant Professor
 Department of Biochemistry
 Deshbandhu College
 University of Delhi, India

Date Schedule

Article Submission: 20-Feb-2024

Issue Completion: 30-April-2024

Submission

Authors need to submit their articles to guest editors/conference secretariat for preliminary evaluation and peer -reviewing. Final accepted article will have to be submitted on (the recommended) respective journal site).

Participating Journals

Chemical Biology Letters https://pubs.thesciencein.org/journal/index.php/cbl

Journal of Molecular Chemistry https://pubs.thesciencein.org/journal/index.php/jmc

Journal of Materials NanoScience https://pubs.thesciencein.org/journal/index.php/jmns

Applied NanoMedicine https://pubs.thesciencein.org/journal/index.php/nanomed

Organocatalysis – recent advances in organocatalysts chemistry – special issue

The catalysts chemistry has a new arena to explore, the Organocatalysis which was recognized with the award of Noble Prize 2021 in Chemistry to Prof. Benzamin List and Prof. David MacMilan. The noble laureates in 2000, independent of each other, has brought the life to the chemistry of new type of catalysis known as asymmetric organocatalysis (this is new addition to catalysts science that mainly had metal catalysts and enzymes in the category). The organocatalysis make use of ‘small organic molecules’ to synthesize diversity of organic molecules.

A number of different organic molecules has been explored as catalysts for synthesis of different type of organic molecules/compounds. This special issue is meant to cover recent advances in field of catalysis – organocatalysis.

Articles are invited from researchers for selective compilation of work in organocatalysis. The work dealing with comparative outcomes of metal catalysts and organocatalysts will also be considered in this special issue.

Issue Editor

Dr. B.S. Chhikara
University of Delhi

Co-Guest editor : Space open. Interested scholar may collaborate with Guest Editor (write to him).

The dates

Submission : Open now
Last date: 23-Feb-2024
Issue compilation: April 2024

Submission are open now and can be submitted till last date, any time now onwards.

Submission

The special issue considers – Review articles, Research Articles, Short communications, Academic Notes, and also the editorial articles (from senior professors/scientists/expert in field).

Manuscript prepared as per author guidelines should be submitted online on the journal site for processing. In cover letter mention that submission is for special issue.

Participating Journal

Journal of Molecular Chemistry

https://pubs.thesciencein.org/journal/index.php/jmc/index