Light management technologies for increasing algal photobioreactor efficiency

EG Nwoba, DA Parlevliet, DW Laird, K Alameh… - Algal research, 2019 - Elsevier
The ever-increasing demand for food, valuable bio-based compounds and energy has
triggered the development of novel and sustainable resources. Microalgae are a promising …

Advances in photobioreactors for intensive microalgal production: configurations, operating strategies and applications

G Olivieri, P Salatino… - Journal of Chemical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past ten years a great deal of literature has focused on the biotechnological
potential of microalgal commercial applications, mainly in the field of biofuel production …

Recent advanced applications of nanomaterials in microalgae biorefinery

MK Nguyen, JY Moon, VKH Bui, YK Oh, YC Lee - Algal Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Currently, although microalgae biorefinery is gaining attention in proportion to its
demonstrated benefits, certain technical requirements need to be met, and cost issues need …

Emerging microalgae technology: a review

SC Pierobon, X Cheng, PJ Graham… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Cultivating microalgae has the potential to produce biofuels and bioproducts from solar
energy with low land use and without competing with food crops. However, despite these …

Application of nanoparticle antioxidants to enable hyperstable chloroplasts for solar energy harvesting

AA Boghossian, F Sen, BM Gibbons… - Advanced Energy …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The chloroplast contains densely stacked arrays of light‐harvesting proteins that harness
solar energy with theoretical maximum glucose conversion efficiencies approaching 12 …

Optofluidic opportunities in global health, food, water and energy

YF Chen, L Jiang, M Mancuso, A Jain, V Oncescu… - Nanoscale, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Optofluidics is a rapidly advancing field that utilizes the integration of optics and microfluidics
to provide a number of novel functionalities in microsystems. In this review, we discuss how …

A droplet-based screen for wavelength-dependent lipid production in algae

SCC Shih, NS Mufti, MD Chamberlain, J Kim… - Energy & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a digital microfluidic system designed for droplet-based long-term culture and
analysis of algae. The system includes unique innovations relative to standard devices …

Slab waveguide photobioreactors for microalgae based biofuel production

EE Jung, M Kalontarov, DFR Doud, MD Ooms… - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Microalgae are a promising feedstock for sustainable biofuel production. At present,
however, there are a number of challenges that limit the economic viability of the process …

Novel waveguide reactor design for enhancing algal biofilm growth

SN Genin, JS Aitchison, DG Allen - Algal research, 2015 - Elsevier
Algal film photobioreactors have the potential to reduce dewatering costs and have a
comparable productivity to raceway ponds. Current designs have focused on maximizing …

Culturing photosynthetic bacteria through surface plasmon resonance

MD Ooms, L Bajin, D Sinton - Applied Physics Letters, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, cultivation of photosynthetic microbes in surface plasmon enhanced evanescent
fields is demonstrated. Proliferation of Synechococcus elongatus was obtained on gold …