@article {44152,
	title = {Direct production of furfural in one-pot fashion from raw biomass using bronsted acidic ionic liquids},
	journal = {Scientific Reports},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2017},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {Article Number: 13508},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The conversion of raw biomass into C5-sugars and furfural was demonstrated with the one-pot method using Bronsted acidic ionic liquids (BAILs) without any mineral acids or metal halides. Various BAILs were synthesized and characterized using NMR, FT-IR, TGA, and CHNS microanalysis and were used as the catalyst for raw biomass conversion. The remarkably high yield (i.e. 88\%) of C5 sugars from bagasse can be obtained using 1-methyl-3(3-sulfopropyl)-imidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([C3SO3HMIM][HSO4]) BAIL catalyst in a water medium. Similarly, the [C3SO3HMIM][HSO4] BAIL also converts the bagasse into furfural with very high yield (73\%) in one-pot method using a water/toluene biphasic solvent system.},
	doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-13946-4},
	author = {Matsagar, Babasaheb M. and Hossain, Shahriar A. and Islam, Tofazzal and Alamri, Hatem R. and Alothman, Zeid A. and Yamauchi, Yusuke and Dhepe, Paresh L. and Wu, Kevin C. W.}
}
@article {45447,
	title = { Glucose isomerization catalyzed by bone char and the selective production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in aqueous media},
	journal = {Sustainable Energy \& Fuels},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2018},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = { 2148-2153},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The selective production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is important, and it is difficult with glucose substrates in a water solvent. Here we demonstrate a selective method for glucose-to-HMF conversion using the combined catalysis of bone char and 1-methyl-3-(3-sulfopropyl)-imidazolium hydrogen sulfate acidic ionic liquid catalysts with a high HMF selectivity (54\%) in water.},
	issn = {2398-4902},
	doi = {10.1039/c8se00339d},
	author = {Matsagar, Babasaheb M. and Van Nguyen, Chi and Hossain, Md. Shahriar A. and Islam, Md. Tofazzal and Yamauchi, Yusuke and Dhepe, Paresh L. and Wu, Kevin C. -W.}
}
@article {44634,
	title = {High surface area nanoporous carbon derived from high quality jute from Bangladesh},
	journal = {Materials Chemistry and Physics},
	volume = {216},
	year = {2018},
	month = {SEP},
	pages = {491-495},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>We report an economically viable and environment-friendly strategy for the preparation of nanoporous carbon (NC) from jute which is one of the most abundant natural fibers produced in Bangladesh and some South Asian countries. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, UV spectroscopy, and scanning/transmission electron microscopy were performed to characterize the obtained NC. Three different types of jute-derived NCs have been synthesized at three different temperatures, 700 degrees C, 800 degrees C and 900 degrees C. The NC prepared at 800 degrees C resulted in a high surface area (981 m(2) g(-2)) and was associated with the retention of the original fibrous shapes. This study shows a promising future for jute as a natural precursor for NCs for a myriad of applications ranging from water purification to gas separation to energy conversion and storage.</p>},
	keywords = {Adsorbents, Graphitization, Jute, Nanoporous carbons, porous materials},
	issn = {0254-0584},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matchemphys.2018.05.082},
	author = {Khan, Junayet Hossain and Lin, Jianjian and Young, Christine and Matsagar, Babasaheb M. and Wu, Kevin C. W. and Dhepe, Paresh L. and Islam, Md Tofazzal and Rahman, Md Mahbubur and Shrestha, Lok Kumar and Alshehri, Saad M. and Ahamad, Tansir and Salunkhe, Rahul R. and Kumar, Nanjundan Ashok and Martin, Darren J. and Yamauchi, Yusuke and Hossain, Md Shahriar A.}
}
