Recent trends in nanomaterials immobilised enzymes for biofuel production

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 108-119

  Verma, Madan L ^a   Puri, Munish ^a   Barrow, Colin J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomass; Bioreactors; cellulases; immobilisation; lipases; nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYMES; LIPASES; REACTION KINETICS; YARN;

BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; CELLULASES; IMMOBILISATION; IMMOBILISED ENZYMES; NANO-SCALE MATERIALS; POST-IMMOBILISATION; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SUPPORTING MATERIAL;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CELLULASE; IMMOBILIZED ENZYME; NANOMATERIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; BIOFUEL; NANOPARTICLE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONJUGATE; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; LIPASE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84949256294     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2014.928811     Document Type: Review

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