The field of Green Chemistry has seen many scientific discoveries and inventions during the
20 years since the 12 Principles were first published. Inspired by tree diagrams that illustrate …

Advanced biofuels produced by microorganisms have similar properties to petroleum-based
fuels, and can'drop in'to the existing transportation infrastructure. However, producing these …

Environmental deterioration, global climate change, and consequent increases in pollution-
related health problems among populations have been attributed to growing consumption of …

Lignocellulose is the most abundant non-food biomass and is used as a feedstock for the
production of chemicals. Lignocellulose consists of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, in …

Traditionally, bio-butanol is produced with the ABE (Acetone Butanol Ethanol) process using
Clostridium species to ferment sugars from biomass. However, the route is associated with …

Butanol has a great potential as a biofuel and to date a lot of research has been done both
in terms of more efficient butanol production as well as in develo** product recovery …

Driven by the increase in industrialization and population, the global demand for energy and
material products is steadily growing. Since the world primary sources for energy and …

There is an increasing interest in the production of chemicals and fuels from renewable
resources due to the continuing price increase of fossil resources, the insecurity of the …

The rising cost of crude oil combined with the depletion of the resources, political instability
in oil producing countries, and the desire to reduce the current dependence on imported oil …

During microbial production of solvent-like compounds, such as advanced biofuels and bulk
chemicals, accumulation of the final product can negatively impact the cultivation of the host …