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Computational Studies on Cellular Metabolism

Biotechnology promises the biologically and ecologically sustainable production of commodity chemicals, biofuels, pharmaceuticals and other high-value products using industrial platform microorganisms. Metabolic engineering plays a key role in this process ...

EPFL2015

Toward the sustainable cultivation of microalgae to produce renewable biofuels and fine chemicals

Jean-Paul Schwitzguebel

Microalgae are considered as renewable feedstock for the production of next-generation biofuels. However to achieve the financial sustainability to the algal biofuel production, it will be necessary to integrate it with the processing of high-value product ...

2014

How to increase the selectivity of Pd-based catalyst in alkynol hydrogenation: Effect of second metal

Lioubov Kiwi, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Fernando Cardenas Lizana, Artur Yarulin

The development of selective Pd-based catalyst for semi-hydrogenation of dehydroisophytol (DIP), a C20-alkynol, is reported. A series of unsupported mono- (Pd) and bimetallic (Pd-M) nanoparticles (NPs) with Pd/M molar ratios of 1.5 - 5.0 (M = Ag or Cu) wer ...

Elsevier2014

Measured and Modeled Toxicokinetics in Cultured Fish Cells and Application to In Vitro - In Vivo Toxicity Extrapolation

Kristin Schirmer, Julita Maria Stadnicka-Michalak

Effect concentrations in the toxicity assessment of chemicals with fish and fish cells are generally based on external exposure concentrations. External concentrations as dose metrics, may, however, hamper interpretation and extrapolation of toxicological ...

Public Library Science2014

Acid-Catalyzed Chitin Liquefaction in Ethylene Glycol

Felix Daniel Bobbink, Ning Yan, Xi Chen

This paper describes chitin liquefaction in ethylene glycol (EG) under the catalysis of sulfuric acid for the first time. Up to 75% of chitin was liquefied at 165 degrees C within 90 min by using 8 wt % of acid (refer to the mass of EG). The major products ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

Catalyst Development for Selective Hydrogenation of Functionalized Alkynes and Nitroarenes

Artur Yarulin

Catalyst design is of major importance for fine chemicals industry due to complexity of the synthesis and high product quality requirements. Moreover, the catalyst formulation has to comply with the standards of health, safety and environmental regulati ...

EPFL2014

Sustainability assessment of lignocellulosic biorefineries under uncertainty

Juan David Villegas Gomez

Biorefinery concepts refer to the integrated production of food, fuel, power, commodity chemicals, and polymers from biomass, mimicking the structure of a fossil-based refinery. The use of lignocellulosic biomass as feedstock for biorefineries has been pro ...

EPFL2014

Rational development of an electron-rich platinum nanocatalyst for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-furandicarboxilic acid under mild conditions

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Ning Yan, Georgios Savoglidis, Sviatlana Siankevich

Valorization of lignocellulosic biomass for the production of commodity chemicals using various chemical methods continues to attract considerable attention. A wide and diverse range of different chemicals can be obtained from biomass and many different do ...

2013

The development of gold catalysts for use in hydrogenation reactions

Fernando Cardenas Lizana

With increasing emphasis placed on cleaner chemical synthesis, energy efficiency and waste minimisation, the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals is undergoing a progressive shift from conventional stoichiometric organic processes to a harness ...

Springer2013

A European perspective on alternatives to animal testing for environmental hazard identification and risk assessment

Kristin Schirmer

Tests with vertebrates are an integral part of environmental hazard identification and risk assessment of chemicals, plant protection products, pharmaceuticals, biocides, feed additives and effluents. These tests raise ethical and economic concerns and are ...

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science2013

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