Microfabricated devices in microbial bioenergy sciences

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 225-232

  Han, Arum ^a,b   Hou, Huijie ^a   Li, Lei ^c   Kim, Hyun Soo ^a   de Figueiredo, Paul ^c,d,e  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lab on a chip; Microbial bioenergy; Microbial fuel cell array; Microfabrication; Microsystems; Microtechnology; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEMS; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION; MICROFABRICATED DEVICES; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANISM;

BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICROSYSTEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

MICROFABRICATION;

BIOFUEL; BIOGAS; DIMETICONE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

BIOENERGY; CATION EXCHANGE; CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; CHEMOSTAT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRODE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LAB ON A CHIP TECHNOLOGY; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIQUID; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL BIOENERGY SYSTEM; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROORGANISM; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOSENSOR; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84875494549     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2012.12.002     Document Type: Review

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