Advances and opportunities at the interface between microbial bioenergy and nanotechnology

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-12

  Pugh, Shawn ^a   McKenna, Rebekah ^a   Moolick, Richard ^a   Nielsen, David R ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuels; Bioprocessing; Metabolic engineering; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; YARN;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BIOPROCESSING; FEEDSTOCK PROCESSING; INTEGRAL PART; NANO-POROUS MATERIALS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 78751687049     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20434     Document Type: Article

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