Since the industrial revolution, the rapid growth and development of global industries have
depended largely upon the utilization of coal-derived chemicals, and more recently, the …

Sugar alcohols are polyols that are widely employed in the production of chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, and food products. Chemical synthesis of polyols, however, is complex …

The rapid development of nanotechnology makes the environmental impact assessment a
necessity to ensure the sustainable use of engineered nanomaterials. Here, silver …

Kluyveromyces lactis has emerged as one of the most important yeast species for research
and industrial biotechnology. This Crabtree-negative species is suitable for the production of …

Butanediol (BD) is an important chemical that is widely used in industry with an annual
demand of one million metric tons. Here we report a modular development of engineered …

Microbial production of organic acids has become a fast-moving field due to the increasing
role of these compounds as platform chemicals. In recent years, the portfolio of specialty …

Herein, a new hydrothermal method has been reported for one-step controllable synthesis of
ZnS@ Bi 2 S 3 nanosheets, which were used for the highly selective oxidation of biomass …

Xylose, the most abundant pentose sugar of the hemicellulosic fraction of lignocellulosic
biomass, has to be utilized rationally for the commercial viability of biorefineries. An effective …

High titer gluconic acid and xylonic acid were simultaneously fermented by Gluconobacter
oxydans DSM 2003 using corn stover feedstock after dry dilute sulfuric acid pretreatment …

Cheese whey, produced from coagulation of milk during cheese manufacture, is a major
environmental pollutant. The most abundant component in cheese whey is lactose, which is …