The path forward for biofuels and biomaterials

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5760, 2006, Pages 484-489

  Ragauskas, Arthur J ^a   Williams, Charlotte K ^c   Davison, Brian H ^d   Britovsek, George ^c   Cairney, John ^a   Eckert, Charles A ^b   Frederick Jr , William J ^b   Hallett, Jason P ^b   Leak, David J ^c   Liotta, Charles L ^a   Mielenz, Jonathan R ^d   Murphy, Richard ^c   Templer, Richard ^c   Tschaplinski, Timothy ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUELS;

BIOMASS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; DIESEL FUEL; FOSSIL FUEL;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMESTICATION; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EXHAUST GAS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; REVIEW;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FERMENTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; POLYMERS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 31544452808     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1114736     Document Type: Review

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