Introduction to Chemicals from Biomass

a valuable resource for academics, industrial scientists and policy-makers working in the areas of industrial biotechnology, biorenewables, chemical engineering, fine and bulk chemical production, agriculture technologies, plant science, and energy and power generation. We need to reduce our dependence on fossil resources and increasingly derive all the chemicals we take for granted and use in our daily life from biomass and we must make sure that we do this using green chemistry and sustainable technologies! For more information on the Wiley Series in Renewable Resources, visit /go/rrs Topics covered include: The biorefinery concept Biomass feedstocks Pre-treatment technologies Platform molecules from renewable resources Polymers from bio-based monomers Biomaterials Bio-based energy production Praise for the 1st edition: "Drawing on the expertise of the authors the book involves a degree of plant biology and chemical engineering, which illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of