From petrochemistry to biotech: A European perspective on the bio-based economy

Interface Focus

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-195

  Landeweerd, Laurens ^a   Surette, Monique ^a   van Driel, Corry ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bio based feedstock; Bioconversion; Biomass use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860899881     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2010.0014     Document Type: Article

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