Welcome to April’s review round up! Every month we update our 2021 Reviews in RSC Advances collection to showcase all of the review articles published in RSC Advances in 2021. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest reviews.
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Browse a selection of our April reviews below:
White light employing luminescent engineered large (mega) Stokes shift molecules: a review
Nadia Nabihah Mohd Yusof Chan, Azila Idris, Zul Hazrin Zainal Abidin, Hairul Anuar Tajuddin and Zanariah Abdullah
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 13409-13445
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA00129A
Recent approaches in the organocatalytic synthesis of pyrroles
Biplob Borah, Kartikey Dhar Dwivedi and L. Raju Chowhan
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 13585-13601
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01690C
Challenges and prospects about the graphene role in the design of photoelectrodes for sunlight-driven water splitting
Saulo A. Carminati, Ingrid Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Andreia de Morais, Bruno L. da Silva, Mauricio A. Melo, Flavio L. Souza and Ana F. Nogueira
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 14374-14398
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10176A
Environmental fate and impacts of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems: a review
Sen Du, Rongwen Zhu, Yujie Cai, Ning Xu, Pow-Seng Yap, Yunhai Zhang, Yide He and Yongjun Zhang
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 15762-15784
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA00880C
Natural products in Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae): an update of the chemistry and pharmacological activities
Smith B. Babiaka, Aurélien F. A. Moumbock, Stefan Günther and Fidele Ntie-Kang
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 15060-15077
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA00478F
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Dr. Carmen Gomes is currently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Iowa State University where she is leading a successful research program on the design of novel nanoscale materials using carbon-based nanomaterials and polymers for food safety and agricultural applications. Projects pursued in her laboratory range from fabrication of polymeric nanomaterials and nanostructured devices for biosensors to bioactive delivery systems. Dr. Gomes has over 14 years of experience working in the research area of nanotechnology applied to food processing, food safety and food quality to develop effective solutions in food and agriculture production.
Dr. Yu Wang is an Assistant Professor of Food Chemistry at the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department and Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida. Dr. Wang’s research mainly focuses on flavor chemistry and natural product chemistry, emphasizing the flavor (aroma and taste) of fruits, herbs and other agricultural commodities, and use of citrus by-product for health benefits. She got her PhD in Food Chemistry, at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Dr. Wang had her postdoc. training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology focusing on “Omics” techniques for early diagnosing inflammation bowel disease (IBD). Dr. Wang received the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to work in the Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science at the Technical University of Munich. Her research experience includes flavor chemistry, sensory science and food/plant metabolomics. Before joining University of Florida, Dr. Wang was a Flavor Chemist at Mars Chocolate Inc, working in global R&D directing flavor application, developing novel flavor profiles, analyzing cocoa and chocolate flavor, setting up flavor training program, and providing technical guidance.