Recent advances in algae biodiesel production: from upstream cultivation to downstream processing

GY Yew, SY Lee, PL Show, Y Tao, CL Law… - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Excess carbon footprint is one of the major environmental issues of this decade. Microalgae
have emerged as promising biomass feedstock for carbon-neutral fuels as a replacement of …

Ionic liquids as a potential solvent for lipase-catalysed reactions: A review

AA Elgharbawy, FA Riyadi, MZ Alam… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs)-as environmentally friendly “green” solvents-have been progressively
used in various reactions as reagents, solvents and co-solvents including lipase-catalysed …

Selective enzymes separation from the fermentation broth of Yarrowia lipolytica using aqueous two-phase system based on quaternary ammonium compounds

FS Buarque, A Carniel, BD Ribeiro… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) are considered efficient and sustainable downstream
processing techniques in extracting and separating enzymes. In this work, we evaluated the …

Thermo-responsive polymers and advances in their applications in separation science

H Musarurwa, NT Tavengwa - Microchemical Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermo-responsive polymers are among the smart materials that have captured the interests
of some researchers in separation science. Some of the researchers have used thermo …

Microbial lipase production: A deep insight into the recent advances of lipase production and purification techniques

S Fatima, A Faryad, A Ataa, FA Joyia… - Biotechnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Importance of enzymes is ever‐rising particularly microbial lipases holding great industrial
worth owing to their potential to catalyze a diverse array of chemical reactions in aqueous as …

Ionic Liquids in Metal, Photo-, Electro-, and (Bio) Catalysis

J Dupont, BC Leal, P Lozano, AL Monteiro… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) have unique physicochemical properties that make them advantageous for
catalysis, such as low vapor pressure, non-flammability, high thermal and chemical …

Liquid biphasic flotation for the purification of C-phycocyanin from Spirulina platensis microalga

KW Chew, SR Chia, R Krishnamoorthy, Y Tao… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Liquid biphasic flotation (LBF), an integrated process of liquid biphasic system (LBS) and
adsorptive bubbles flotation, was used for the purification of C-phycocyanin from S. platensis …

Recovery of natural active molecules using aqueous two-phase systems comprising of ionic liquids/deep eutectic solvents

Y Wang, S Wang, L Liu - Green Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to environmental protection requirements, extraction of bioactive compounds from plant
materials using environment-friendly green solvents has always been a research hotspot …

Current developments and applications of smart polymers based aqueous two-phase systems

T Yao, C Feng, H Yan - Microchemical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Smart polymer refers to a polymer compound whose structure and physical and chemical
properties are mutated when the external environment (such as temperature, pH value or …

Single-step disruption and protein recovery from Chlorella vulgaris using ultrasonication and ionic liquid buffer aqueous solutions as extractive solvents

SY Lee, PL Show, TC Ling, JS Chang - Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Microalgae are natural renewable sources providing attractive high-value products such as
proteins. Due to the high costs incurred during drying processes, wet extraction from fresh …