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In the modern world, the competitiveness of bioenergy- and/or bioresources-related activities heavily depends on the effectiveness of supply chain management. A large number of multidisciplinary topics are involved in the bioresources and bioenergy production fields. Although the technical issues that are related with the topic are well-discussed and do not represent major barriers, supply chain management issues, such as design of the network, collection, storage or transportation of bioresources, are still considered as fundamental questions that need to be answered to enable the optimal exploitation of bioenergy and bioresources. Moreover, modeling of material and energy flows; identification of the dynamic character of the supply chains; available reverse logistics (waste management) alternatives; economic, social and environmental sustainability of bioresource supply chains; novelty in the applied business models; and decision support frameworks towards efficient supply chain management for bioenergy and bioresources present critical operational sustainability issues and business-making potential. This Special Issue, entitled “Supply Chain Management for Bioenergy and Bioresources”, seeks to contribute to the bioenergy and bioresources agenda through enhanced scientific and multi-disciplinary knowledge that may boost the performance efficiency of supply chain management and support the decision-making process of stakeholders. To that end, the Special Issue includes one extensive review on yellow and woody biomass supply-chain management, together with six original papers which span a number of innovative, multifaceted, technical developments that are related to all different echelons of supply chain management for bioenergy and bioresources.

supply-chain design --- strategic planning --- operational planning --- energy crop production --- crop residue --- dry above ground biomass --- soybean --- empirical models --- bilinear regression analysis --- agricultural operations --- energy use --- assessment tool --- workability --- machinery --- agricultural machinery --- fleet management --- auto-steering system --- collaborative operating system --- flow-shop --- simulation --- field experiment --- Fuzzy Cognitive Maps --- photovoltaic solar energy --- scenario analysis --- decision-support --- energy management --- bioenergy --- efficiency of bio-resources --- decision support system --- multi-criteria analysis --- sustainability --- neuro-fuzzy --- ANFIS --- neural networks --- soft computing --- fuzzy cognitive maps --- energy forecasting --- natural gas --- prediction

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There is growing interest in light metallic alloys for a wide number of applications owing to their processing efficiency, processability, long service life, and environmental sustainability. Aluminum, magnesium, and titanium alloys are addressed in this Special Issue, however, the predominant role played by aluminum. The collection of papers published here covers a wide range of topics that generally characterize the performance of the alloys after manufacturing by conventional and innovative processing routes.

fatigue properties --- hydroforming --- AlSi12Cu1(Fe) --- magnesium alloy --- microstructure --- Ti6Al4V titanium alloy --- FEM simulation --- aging treatment --- AlSi11Cu2(Fe) --- titanium aluminides --- commercially pure titanium --- hot working --- quenching process --- hot rolling --- 7003 alloy --- compressive strength --- plastic strain --- precipitation --- constitutive equations --- processing temperature --- material property --- hot forging --- wear resistance --- hot deformation behavior --- solid solution hardening --- microstructural changes --- fatigue behavior --- hardening criteria --- AlSi10Mg alloy --- 7XXX Al alloy --- hot compression --- creep --- Al-5Mg wire electrode --- ultra-fine grain --- mechanical properties --- cooling rate --- residual stress --- thermomechanical treatment --- remanufacturing --- hot workability --- activation energy --- mechanical alloying --- selective laser melting --- alloy --- Al alloy --- dynamic recrystallization --- springback --- wire feedability --- cold rolling --- spray deposited --- rotary-die equal-channel angular pressing --- adhesion strength --- microarc oxidation --- aluminum alloy --- Zr --- processing map --- Al–Si alloy --- UNS A92024-T3 --- Al-Si-Cu alloys --- sludge --- high pressure die casting --- fractography --- 2024-T4 aluminum alloys --- anode pulse-width --- consolidation --- high temperature --- AlSi9Cu3(Fe) --- FEP --- resistance spot welding --- intermetallics --- tensile properties --- tensile property --- iron

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Carbon-based nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene and its derivatives, nanodiamond, fullerenes, and other nano-sized carbon allotropes have recently attracted a lot of attention among the scientific community due to their enormous potential for a wide number of applications arising from their large specific surface area, high electrical and thermal conductivity, and good mechanical properties. The combination of carbon nanomaterials with polymers leads to new nanocomposites with improved structural and functional properties due to synergistic effects. In particular, the properties of carbon-based polymer nanocomposites can be easily tuned by carefully controlling the carbon nanomaterial synthesis route and additionally the versatile synergistic interactions amongst the nanomaterials and polymers. This book provides selected examples of the most recent advances regarding carbon nanomaterial-reinforced polymeric composites. It includes the most representative types of polymeric matrices and covers aspects of new processing techniques, novel surface modifications of carbon nanomaterials and their applications in diverse fields, in particular in electronics and energy storage.

Technology: general issues --- multi walled carbon nanotubes --- polyacrylonitrile --- nascent fiber --- thermal properties --- morphological structure --- nanocomposites --- graphene --- melt processing --- mechanical properties --- electrical conductivity --- electrostatic spraying --- multi-walled carbon nanotubes --- waterborne polyurethane coating --- dispersity --- surface hardness --- wear rate --- friction coefficient --- in-mold decoration injection molding --- microcellular injection molding --- surface quality --- warpage --- multiwalled carbon nanotube --- hyaluronic acid --- microfibers --- wet-spinning --- microstructures --- tensile properties --- Ag --- CNT --- flexible supercapacitor electrode --- polymer conductive film --- cellulose acetate membrane --- PANI --- graphene oxide --- hexamethylene diisocyanate --- nanocomposite --- thermal stability --- polydiphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid --- single-walled carbon nanotubes --- conjugated polymers --- in situ oxidative polymerization --- hybrid nanocomposites --- polypropylene --- carbon nanotube --- titanium dioxide --- reduced graphene oxide --- polyurethane foam --- flexible electronics --- pressure sensing --- polyethyleneimine --- thermoelectric properties --- carrier type --- Paal-Knorr reaction --- polyketone --- carbon nanotubes --- Diels-Alder --- click-chemistry --- hydrogen bonding --- self-healing --- re-workability --- recycling --- Joule heating --- flexible electrode --- cross-linked acrylamide/alginate --- tensile strength --- impedance spectroscopy --- polymer electrolyte --- Li-ion micro-batteries --- flexible anode --- pre-lithiation --- carbon-based polymer nanocomposite --- energy storage --- fuel cell --- electrochemical devices --- multi walled carbon nanotubes --- polyacrylonitrile --- nascent fiber --- thermal properties --- morphological structure --- nanocomposites --- graphene --- melt processing --- mechanical properties --- electrical conductivity --- electrostatic spraying --- multi-walled carbon nanotubes --- waterborne polyurethane coating --- dispersity --- surface hardness --- wear rate --- friction coefficient --- in-mold decoration injection molding --- microcellular injection molding --- surface quality --- warpage --- multiwalled carbon nanotube --- hyaluronic acid --- microfibers --- wet-spinning --- microstructures --- tensile properties --- Ag --- CNT --- flexible supercapacitor electrode --- polymer conductive film --- cellulose acetate membrane --- PANI --- graphene oxide --- hexamethylene diisocyanate --- nanocomposite --- thermal stability --- polydiphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid --- single-walled carbon nanotubes --- conjugated polymers --- in situ oxidative polymerization --- hybrid nanocomposites --- polypropylene --- carbon nanotube --- titanium dioxide --- reduced graphene oxide --- polyurethane foam --- flexible electronics --- pressure sensing --- polyethyleneimine --- thermoelectric properties --- carrier type --- Paal-Knorr reaction --- polyketone --- carbon nanotubes --- Diels-Alder --- click-chemistry --- hydrogen bonding --- self-healing --- re-workability --- recycling --- Joule heating --- flexible electrode --- cross-linked acrylamide/alginate --- tensile strength --- impedance spectroscopy --- polymer electrolyte --- Li-ion micro-batteries --- flexible anode --- pre-lithiation --- carbon-based polymer nanocomposite --- energy storage --- fuel cell --- electrochemical devices

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With daily signals, Nature is communicating us that its unconscious wicked exploitation is no more sustainable. Our socio-economic system focuses on production increasing without considering the consequences. We are intoxicating ourselves on a daily bases just to allow the system to perpetuate itself. The time to switch into more natural solutions is come and the scientific community is ready to offer more natural product with comparable performance then the market products we are used to deal with. This book collects a broad set of scientific examples in which research groups from all over the world, aim to replace fossil fuel-based solutions with biomass derived materials. In here, some of the most innovative developments in the field of bio-materials are reported considering topics which goes from biomass valorization to the synthesis of high preforming bio-based materials.

chitosan --- graphene oxide --- microstructure --- autoxidation --- heavy metals --- polycaprolactone --- precipitation --- thermosetting polymers --- thermal degradation --- humidity sensor --- asphalt rubber --- tung oil --- nanobiocomposites --- ionic liquid --- GC-MS --- hybrid nonisocyanate polyurethane --- physicochemical properties --- alginate sponge --- Bioflex --- dimer acid --- bio-asphalt --- benzoyl cellulose --- Peptone --- transparent wood --- biocomposite --- nanoclays --- storage stability --- solvent- and catalyst-free --- microcellulose fiber --- lignin-containing cellulose nanofibrils --- polylactic acid (PLA) --- bio-inspired interfaces --- polyhydroxyalkanoates --- strain sensor --- enzymatic saccharification --- headspace solid phase microextraction --- PHBV --- electrical resistance --- melt condensation --- cement --- solution casting --- orange waste --- hybrid composites --- biopolymers --- TEMPO oxidation --- pollutant adsorbents --- Escherichia coli --- bio-nanocomposites --- TiO2 anatase --- metal binding --- liquid natural rubber --- hydrotropic treatment --- metal chloride --- feast-famine --- biomass resources --- wood --- electroless deposition --- one-pot synthesis --- thermoplastic starch --- films --- lignin-carbohydrate complex --- cellulose --- corn starch --- microencapsulated phase change material (MPCM) --- differential scanning calorimetry --- compatibility --- natural fibers --- workability --- silkworm cocoons --- lignin content --- polylactic acid --- porous structure --- electrospinning --- nanocellulose fibers --- H2O2 bleaching treatment --- polysaccharides --- mixing sequence --- porosity --- lignocellulosic nanofibrils --- dense structure --- alkali lignin --- polydopamine coating --- nuclear magnetic resonance --- cationic dyes --- poly(lactic acid) and composite films --- endothermic effect --- HSQC-NMR --- Microbial nutrient --- n/a --- toughening --- X-ray diffraction --- water resistance --- waste biomass --- lignin --- UV light --- ultrafiltration --- two-step lyophilization --- mechanical degradation --- bio-based --- methylene blue --- stearoyl cellulose --- ONP fibers --- anionic surfactants --- Hatscheck process --- osteoblast proliferation --- resource recovery --- dissolution --- copper coating --- bacterial cellulose --- hydrogel --- iron chelation --- knotwood --- sensitivity --- mixed microbial cultures --- dimensional stability --- volatiles --- lignocellulose --- Artemisia vulgaris --- surface modification --- PHA --- crosslinked microparticles --- pyrene --- composites --- galactoglucomannan --- polymeric composites --- kaempferol --- tannin-furanic foam --- Solanyl --- wastewater treatments --- adsorption capacity --- heat treatment --- thermal gravimetric analysis --- WAXS --- unsaturated polyester resins --- pulp fibers --- free-radical polymerization --- larixol --- delignification --- antifouling --- chemical composition --- hemicellulose --- tissue engineering --- extrusion-compounding --- membrane --- photodegradation --- structural plastics --- scanning electron microscope --- phenanthrene --- thermal properties --- immobilized TEMPO --- Staphylococcus aureus --- adsorption --- wood modification --- structure–property relationship --- physical property --- film --- mechanical properties --- tannin --- Bio-based foams --- latex state --- paper-based scaffolds --- skincare --- pyrolysis mechanism --- emulsion-solvent evaporation method --- bioplastics --- imidazolium --- fractionation --- cost --- fiber-cement --- lyocell fiber --- recycling --- kenaf fiber --- thermal stability --- transport properties --- SAXS --- silanization --- cellulose nanofibers --- taxifolin --- tannin polymer --- vibrational spectroscopy --- robust fiber network --- nanocelluloses --- poly(lactic acid) --- Anti-bacterial silver nanoparticle --- cellulose nanocrystals --- structure-property relationship