Production of Materials from Sustainable Biomass Resources
暫譯: 可持續生物質資源的材料生產

本書呈現了一系列針對木質纖維素成分衍生的最先進技術的研究，並針對從木質纖維素生物質中生產功能性材料、複合聚合物、碳基生物催化劑和顆粒的過程，強調使用可持續化學和工程來開發創新材料和燃料以供實際應用。書中還介紹了用於材料生產的生物質物理處理或生物轉化的技術策略。所有章節均由來自全球的該領域受人尊敬的專家貢獻，提供了對尖端應用的廣泛視角。

本書是自然可再生材料、木質纖維素生物精煉、生物燃料和環境工程領域的學術研究人員和工業工程師的理想參考指南。它也可以作為化學工程、材料科學和環境工程大學學生的綜合參考來源。

Zhen Fang is a professor and leader of the biomass group at Nanjing Agricultural University, as well as the inventor of the "fast hydrolysis" process. He is listed in the "Most Cited Chinese Researchers" in energy for 2014-2017 (Elsevier-Scopus). He specializes in the thermal/biochemical conversion of biomass, synthesis and applications of nanocatalysts, pretreatment of biomass for biorefineries, and supercritical fluid processes. He obtained his PhDs from China Agricultural University and McGill University. An associate editor for the journals Biotechnology for Biofuels and the Journal of Supercritical Fluids, he has more than 20 years of international research experience at top universities and institutes around the world, including one year in Spain (University of Zaragoza), three years in Japan (Tohoku University), and more than eight years in Canada (McGill). In addition, he worked seven years as an engineer in the areas of energy, bioresource utilization and engine design before switching to academia.

Richard L. Smith, Jr. is a professor of Chemical Engineering at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Tohoku University, Japan. Professor Smith has a strong background in physical properties and separations, and obtained his PhD in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA). His research focuses on developing green chemical processes, especially those that use water and carbon dioxide as the solvents in their supercritical state. He has expertise in physical property measurements and in separation techniques with ionic liquids, and has published more than 200 scientific papers and reports in the field of chemical engineering. He is the Asia regional editor for the Journal of Supercritical Fluids and has served on the editorial boards of major international journals associated with properties and energy.

Xiaofei Tian is an associate professor at the School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology. Having obtained his PhD from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, his research focuses on solvent deconstruction and enzymatic saccharification of lignocelluloses for renewable cellulosic materials and biofuels. He also has experience in the development of fermentation techniques for functional fungal pigments. He has co-authored more than 30 research papers, reviews, and patents in his research specialty and has served as a peer-reviewer for major scientific journals.

方震是南京農業大學的教授及生物質研究小組的負責人，也是「快速水解」過程的發明者。他在2014-2017年期間被列入《最被引用的中國研究人員》名單（Elsevier-Scopus），專注於生物質的熱/生化轉換、納米催化劑的合成與應用、生物質的預處理以用於生物煉製廠，以及超臨界流體過程。他在中國農業大學和麥吉爾大學獲得博士學位。在《生物燃料生物技術》和《超臨界流體期刊》擔任副編輯，擁有超過20年的國際研究經驗，曾在全球頂尖大學和研究機構工作，包括在西班牙（薩拉戈薩大學）一年、日本（東北大學）三年，以及在加拿大（麥吉爾大學）超過八年。此外，他在轉向學術界之前，曾在能源、生物資源利用和引擎設計等領域擔任工程師七年。

理查德·L·史密斯（Richard L. Smith, Jr.）是日本東北大學環境研究生院化學工程教授，並擔任超臨界流體技術研究中心的成員。史密斯教授在物理性質和分離技術方面具有深厚的背景，並在喬治亞理工學院（美國）獲得化學工程博士學位。他的研究專注於開發綠色化學過程，特別是那些在超臨界狀態下使用水和二氧化碳作為溶劑的過程。他在物理性質測量和使用離子液體的分離技術方面具有專業知識，並在化學工程領域發表了超過200篇科學論文和報告。他是《超臨界流體期刊》的亞洲區域編輯，並曾在與性質和能源相關的主要國際期刊的編輯委員會任職。

田小飛是南方科技大學生物與生物工程學院的副教授。他在中國科學院獲得博士學位，研究專注於溶劑解構和木質纖維素的酶解糖化，以用於可再生纖維素材料和生物燃料。他還在功能性真菌色素的發酵技術開發方面擁有經驗。他在其研究專業領域共同撰寫了超過30篇研究論文、評論和專利，並擔任主要科學期刊的同行評審。