Development of a bioprocess to convert PET derived terephthalic acid and biodiesel derived glycerol to medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate
Authors: Shane T Kenny, Jasmina Nikodinovic Runic, Walter Kaminsky, Trevor Woods, Ramesh P Babu, Kevin E O’Connor Publication Date: 08/2012 Journal: Applied microbiology and biotechnology Volume: 95 Pages: 623-633 Publisher: Springer-Verlag Sodium terephthalate (TA) produced from a PET pyrolysis product and waste glycerol (WG) from biodiesel manufacture were supplied to Pseudomonas putida GO16 in a fed-batch bioreactor. […]
Carbon-rich wastes as feedstocks for biodegradable polymer (polyhydroxyalkanoate) production using bacteria
Authors: Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Maciej Guzik, Shane T Kenny, Ramesh Babu, Alan Werker, Kevin EO Connor Publication Date: 1/1/2013 Source: Advances in applied microbiology Volume: 84 Pages: 139-200 Publisher: Academic Press Research into the production of biodegradable polymers has been driven by vision for the most part from changes in policy, in Europe and America. These […]
Up-cycling of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) to the biodegradable plastic PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate)
Authors: Shane T Kenny, Jasmina Nikodinovic Runic, Walter Kaminsky, Trevor Woods, Ramesh P Babu, Chris M Keely, Werner Blau, Kevin E O’Connor Publication Date: 15/10/2008 Journal: Environmental science & technology Volume: 42 Issue: 20 Pages: 7696-7701 Publisher: American Chemical Society The conversion of the petrochemical polymer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to a biodegradable plastic polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) […]
Bio-based and biodegradable polymers-State-of-the-art, challenges and emerging trends
Authors: Saranya RameshKumar, P Shaiju, Kevin E O’Connor Publication Date: 01/1/2020 Source: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry Volume: 21 Pages: 75-81 Publisher: Elsevier Frontiers of bio-based and biodegradable polymers are constantly expanding in a view to achieve sustainability. Hence, designing sustainable bioplastics made of either bio-based or biodegradable polymers opens up opportunities to […]
Plant oils and products of their hydrolysis as substrates for polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis
Authors: M Walsh, K O’Connor, R Babu, T Woods, S Kenny Publication Date: 07/018/2015 Journal: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Pages: 123-133 Publisher: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa Plant oils could provide a sustainable source of carbon for polyhydroxyalkanoate production as they are both renewable and inexpensive. No study to […]
Surfactant-mediated hydrothermal pretreatment of Ryegrass followed by enzymatic saccharification for polyhydroxyalkanoate production
Authors: Rashmi Kataria, Trevor Woods, William Casey, Federico Cerrone, Reeta Davis, Kevin O’Connor, Rohit Ruhal, Ramesh Babu Publication Date: 01/01/2018 Journal: Industrial Crops and Products Volume: 111 Pages: 625-632 Publisher: Elsevier Lignocellulosic biomass from non-food crops is an attractive renewable source of sugars. These sugars can be used as feedstock for the microbial production of […]
Activation behavior and dielectric relaxation in polyvinyl alcohol and multiwall carbon nanotube composite films
Authors: G Chakraborty, AK Meikap, R Babu, WJ Blau Publication Date: 01/05/2011 Journal: Solid state communications Volume: 151 Issue: 10 Pages: 754-758 Publisher: Pergamon The dc and ac electrical transport property of Polyvinyl Alcohol-Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes (PVA-MWNT) composites has been investigated within a temperature range 77≤T≤300K and in the frequency range 20Hz–1MHz. The temperature variation […]
Amorphous solid dispersions of ketoprofen and poly-vinyl polymers prepared via electrospraying and spray drying: A comparison of particle characteristics and performance
Authors: Emer Browne, Romina Charifou, Zelalem Ayenew Worku, Ramesh P Babu, Anne Marie Healy Publication Date: 07/20/2020 Journal: International Journal of pharmaceutics Volume: 566 Pages: 173-184 Publisher: Elsevier The purpose of this work was to compare the particle characteristics and dissolution performance of amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) of ketoprofen and vinyl-pyrrolidone based polymers prepared using […]
Green extraction of soluble dietary fibre from coffee silver skin: impact of ultrasound/microwave‐assisted extraction
Authors: Le Wen Zhihang Zhang Ming Zhao Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan Ramesh Babu Padamati Da‐Wen Sun Brijesh K. Tiwari Publication Date: 2020 Journal: International Journal of Food Science +Technology Volume: 55 Pages: 2242-2250 Publisher: Wiely Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes based on poly(vinyl chloride) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) blends were prepared by the phase inversion method, and the factors governing […]
Preparation, structure, and transport properties of ultrafiltration membranes of poly (vinyl chloride) and poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) blends
Authors: P Ramesh Babu, VG Gaikar Publication Date: 09/19/2000 Journal: Journal of applied polymer science Volume: 77 Issue: 12 Pages: 2606-2620 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes based on poly(vinyl chloride) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) blends were prepared by the phase inversion method, and the factors governing membrane properties were investigated. The membranes […]
