Microscale technology and biocatalytic processes: Opportunities and challenges for synthesis

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 302-314

  Wohlgemuth, Roland ^a   Plazl, Igor ^b   Žnidaršič Plazl, Polona ^b   Gernaey, Krist V ^c   Woodley, John M ^c  

^a Sigma Aldrich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biocatalytic process; Enzymatic microreactors; Flow synthesis; Microscale technology; Miniaturized production; Process intensification

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOCATALYTIC PROCESS; FLOW SYNTHESIS; MICRO REACTOR; MICROSCALE TECHNOLOGY; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION;

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOCATALYST; BIOCATALYTIC PROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROREACTOR; MICROSCALE TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT RECOVERY; REACTOR; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; DEVICES; GREEN CHEMISTRY; LAB ON A CHIP; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84928050748     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.02.010     Document Type: Review

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