Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Revisiting solar energy flow in nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems

J Liang, K Xiao, X Wang, T Hou, C Zeng, X Gao… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems (NMHSs), integrating semiconductor
nanomaterials with microorganisms, present a promising platform for broadband solar …

Solar-driven waste-to-chemical conversion by wastewater-derived semiconductor biohybrids

S Pi, W Yang, W Feng, R Yang, W Chao, W Cheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Semiconductor biohybrids integrating the merits of living cells and semiconductor materials
have the potential to shift the current energy-intensive chemical production system to a more …

Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

The integration of bio-catalysis and electrocatalysis to produce fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide

X Tan, J Nielsen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The dependence on fossil fuels has caused excessive emissions of greenhouse gases
(GHGs), leading to climate changes and global warming. Even though the expansion of …

Emerging trends in nanomaterials for photosynthetic biohybrid systems

G Okoro, S Husain, M Saukani, C Mutalik… - ACS Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Global warming and climate change are among the most immediate challenges confronting
humans in the 21st century. Artificial photosynthesis represents a promising approach to …

Advances in systems metabolic engineering of autotrophic carbon oxide-fixing biocatalysts towards a circular economy

M Pavan, K Reinmets, S Garg, AP Mueller… - Metabolic …, 2022 - Elsevier
High levels of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions are driving the warming of global climate. If
this pattern of increasing emissions does not change, it will cause further climate change …

Valorization of C1 gases to value-added chemicals using acetogenic biocatalysts

J Bae, Y Song, H Lee, J Shin, S Jin, S Kang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
In times of global warming and upcoming fossil fuel shortages, the demand for the
replacement of current fossil fuel-based chemical production via the development of …

Electricity-driven microbial metabolism of carbon and nitrogen: a waste-to-resource solution

N Chu, Y Jiang, Q Liang, P Liu, D Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electricity-driven microbial metabolism relies on the extracellular electron transfer (EET)
process between microbes and electrodes and provides promise for resource recovery from …

Panoramic insights into semi-artificial photosynthesis: origin, development, and future perspective

K Xiao, J Liang, X Wang, T Hou, X Ren, P Yin… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Semi-artificial photosynthetic systems (SAPSs) integrate the strengths of natural and artificial
photosynthesis for solar energy conversion. Synthetic materials and biological components …