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Catalysts, Volume 7, Issue 8

August 2017 - 20 articles

Cover Story: Lipase-catalyzed esterification reactions between short chain fatty acids and alcohols are widely used in the food industry to prepare flavoring compounds. Although these reactions are usually performed in a non-aqueous medium, a certain amount of water is a pre-requisite to perform these reactions. This paper is focused on the effect of the water content of the non-aqueous medium on lipase-catalyzed esterification reactions. The results show that the reaction rate decreases with increasing water content of the medium. The simulation study shows that at higher water contents, water molecules form clusters (of different sizes) at the enzyme surface and near the active-site pocket, which it is believed hinder the entrance of the substrate molecules to the active-site pocket of the enzyme and slow down the reaction. View Paper here
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Articles (20)

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,878 Views
9 Pages

22 August 2017

NaOH-modified TiOF2 was successfully prepared using a modified low-temperature hydrothermal method. Scanning electron microscopy shows that NaOH-modified TiOF2 displayed a complex network shape with network units of about 100 nm. The structures of Na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,109 Views
11 Pages

Galactooligosaccharide Production from Pantoea anthophila Strains Isolated from “Tejuino”, a Mexican Traditional Fermented Beverage

  • Claudia V. Yañez-Ñeco,
  • Barbara Rodriguez-Colinas,
  • Lorena Amaya-Delgado,
  • Antonio O. Ballesteros,
  • Anne Gschaedler,
  • Francisco J. Plou and
  • Javier Arrizon

22 August 2017

Two Pantoea anthophila bacterial strains were isolated from “tejuino”, a traditional Mexican beverage, and studied as β-galactosidase producers for galactooligosaccharides synthesis. Using 400 g/L of lactose, 50 °C, and 15 U/mL of β-galactosidase act...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,294 Views
12 Pages

Improved H2 Production by Ethanol Steam Reforming over Sc2O3-Doped Co-ZnO Catalysts

  • Xuelian Liang,
  • Xinping Shi,
  • Fanfan Zhang,
  • Yuyang Li,
  • Hongbin Zhang and
  • Youzhu Yuan

18 August 2017

H2 production by catalytically ethanol steam reforming (ESR) is an effective and prospective method for the application of fuel cells. However, the catalysts’ desirable activity and stability remains an unprecedented challenge. Herein, a type of Sc2O...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,600 Views
13 Pages

17 August 2017

S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), an important metabolite in all living organisms, has been widely used to treat various diseases. To develop a simple and efficient method to produce SAM, an engineered variant of the methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,802 Views
14 Pages

17 August 2017

The production of bio-diesel fuels from carbohydrates is a promising alternative to fossil fuels with regard to the growing severity of the environmental problem and energy crisis. Potential bio-diesel candidates or additives, such as 5-(hydroxymethy...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
49 Citations
6,691 Views
8 Pages

Enzymatic Oxyfunctionalization Driven by Photosynthetic Water-Splitting in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

  • Stefanie Böhmer,
  • Katharina Köninger,
  • Álvaro Gómez-Baraibar,
  • Samiro Bojarra,
  • Carolin Mügge,
  • Sandy Schmidt,
  • Marc M. Nowaczyk and
  • Robert Kourist

17 August 2017

Photosynthetic water-splitting is a powerful force to drive selective redox reactions. The need of highly expensive redox partners such as NADPH and their regeneration is one of the main bottlenecks for the application of biocatalysis at an industria...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,133 Views
15 Pages

17 August 2017

An experimentally obtained polarization curve for the hydrogen evolution reaction on silver in a 0.5 mol dm−3 solution was investigated using an electrochemical curve technique named the differential polarization method (DPM). The exchange current de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
6,441 Views
14 Pages

Efficient Catalytic Upgrading of Levulinic Acid into Alkyl Levulinates by Resin-Supported Acids and Flow Reactors

  • Valeria Trombettoni,
  • Luca Bianchi,
  • Ana Zupanic,
  • Alessandro Porciello,
  • Maurizio Cuomo,
  • Oriana Piermatti,
  • Assunta Marrocchi and
  • Luigi Vaccaro

15 August 2017

Biomass-derived levulinic acid (LA) is an excellent substrate to obtain high-value esters that can be used as second-generation biofuels and biofuel additives. The present study focuses on the identification and definition of the key parameters cruci...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,210 Views
19 Pages

14 August 2017

Graphene-based nanomaterials functionalized by different doping strategies have attracted great attention for energy conversion themes, due to their large specific surface area, high conductivity, and appreciable electrocatalytic properties. This min...

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