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Universiti Putra Malaysia, Research Management Centre
(2010)
Sustainable nanocoatings surface.
Synthesis: R&D Digest of Universiti Putra Malaysia, 31
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ISSN 0127-9394
Abstract
With the growing awareness of
nanobiocatalysts, a new ecofriendly
process is paramount
for advances in bioprocess technology.
The use of biocatalysts for green
organic synthesis, offering clean and
mild reaction conditions, provides
opportunities to increase productivity,
efficiency, purity and quality innovations.
Furthermore, this green route may
expand and diversify markets for food
to agrochemicals. Modern society has
become increasingly dependent on
fossil resources, especially crude oil
that is used not only as fuel but also
as a raw material for a variety of chemicals
and other commodities. We focussed on the
development and application of bio-based
processes for effective transformations
of non-renewable substrates into useful
substances. By selectively combining their
molecular constituents (fatty acids, glycerol,
amino acids, saccharides etc), a wide variety
of specialty and fine chemicals (amides,
esters, epoxides, surface-active materials,
etc.) can be prepared. Each of these ‘platform’
chemicals stands at the apex of a cascade of
transformations that will produce hundreds of
commercially important materials
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