Continuous Flow Biocatalysis

Dear Colleagues,

Catalysis plays a key role in the development of chemistry and chemical engineering. As an important branch of catalysis, biocatalysis, including whole-cell and enzyme catalysis, has seen a significant deal of advancements in novel biocatalyst discovery, biocatalyst engineering, and industrial applications in recent decades due to the rapid development of biological, informational, and engineering tools, methods, and technologies. Continuous flow chemistry is such an enabling technology that can intensify the biocatalytic process by improving mixing, mass transfer, thermal control, automation, ease of scale-up, and so on. Combining the advantages of biocatalysis, continuous flow biocatalysis will offer a good alternative to the traditional batch reaction process, establishing a green, low-cost, highly efficient, and integrated technology for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, value-added chemicals, and materials.

This Special Issue of Catalysts on “Continuous Flow Biocatalysis” focuses on the development of technologies that use biocatalysis in continuous flow reactions and/or develop new continuous flow methods for improving biocatalysis. We warmly welcome contributions from different aspects of catalysis and chemical engineering, including but not limited to the design and use of biocatalysts in flow reactors, the study of kinetics and thermodynamics of continuous biocatalytic processes, the development of biocatalyst immobilization, innovation in microbioreactor design for continuous flow technology, and the scaling up of continuous flow biocatalysis.

Prof. Dr. Yunpeng Bai
Guest Editor

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