scholarly journals Industrial Waste based Bio-manufacturing of Synthetic Tandem Repeat Protein Fibers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek El-Sayed Mazeed ◽  
Huihun Jung ◽  
Yusuke Kikuchi ◽  
Benjamin D. Allen ◽  
David W. Wood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tandem Repeat ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Agricultural Waste ◽  
Corn Steep Liquor ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Molecular Architecture ◽  
Purification Method ◽  
Soybean Extract

AbstractProtein-based fibers are lightweight, biodegradable, have excellent moisture and temperature regulation, and exceptional mechanical properties, but they are limited in production capacity. Biosynthetic protein-based fibers have the potential to overcome these concerns, but large-scale production with high yield (>1g/L) and purity (>%80), as well as low cost (<$50/kg), must be achieved. Here we developed an optimized expression and purification method for biosynthetic tandem repeat proteins, that are inspired from squid ring tooth (SRT) protein using three wetwaste feedstock, corn steep liquor, molasses, and soybean extract. SRT is composed of a highly stiff, naturally occurring bioplastic and these properties arise from the molecular architecture of the constituant proteins, which are segmented co-polymers with alternating semicrystalline and amorphous domains similar to silk. We have developed protocols to use liquid industrial and agricultural waste as feedstock for SRT production, which has the potential to divert waste streams into useful products. We also show that our biosynthetic protein powder, produced at 1 g/L yield and greater than 80% purity, can be manufactured into fibers using conventional split film or wet-spinning approaches.

scholarly journals Effects of Corn Steep Liquor on ß-poly(L-malic Acid) Production in Aureobasidium Melanogenum

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genan Wang ◽  
Pan Zhang ◽  
Bingyi Shi ◽  
Tingbin Zhao ◽  
Haisong Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Malic Acid ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Corn Steep Liquor ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Steep Liquor ◽  
Aureobasidium Melanogenum

Abstract ß-poly(L-malic acid) (PMLA) is a water-soluble biopolymer used in medicine and other industries. However, the concentration of PMLA produced by microorganisms was too low for large-scale production. In this experiment, corn steep liquor (CSL) was selected due to its high nutritional value and low-cost growth factor to increase the production capacity of PMLA in the strain Aureobasidium melanogenum, and the strain’s CSL-influenced metabolic change was investigated. The PMLA production, cell growth, and yield (Yp/x) of A. melanogenum increased by 32.76%, 41.82%, and 47.43%, respectively, with the addition of 3 g/L CSL. Metabolomics analysis showed that the intracellular metabolites of A. melanogenum, such as amino acids, organic acids, and key intermediates in the TCA cycle, increased after the addition of CSL. Meanwhile, the data found that tyrosine may play a key role in the PMLA biosynthesis. These results demonstrated that the addition of CSL is an efficient approach for improving the production of PMLA.

Optimal Design and Techno-Economic Analysis for Corncob Particles Briquettes: A Literature Review of the Utilization of Agricultural Waste and Analysis Calculation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asep Bayu Dani Nandiyanto ◽  
Nissa Nur Azizah ◽  
Gabriela Chelvina Santiuly Girsang
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Design ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Agricultural Waste ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Variable Cost ◽  
Scale Production

Corncob is usually disposed of directly as waste, creating problems in the environment, while it can be converted into valuable materials. This research aimed to evaluate the literature review on briquette production from agricultural waste (using non-binder and cold press with a binder) and the current works on techno-economic analysis, to propose an optimal design for the production of briquette from corncob waste, and to perform a techno-economic analysis based on the selected optimal processing method. The engineering perspective based on stoichiometry and mass balance showed the potential corncob briquette manufacture in both home and large scales due to the possible use of inexpensive and commercially available equipment and raw materials. The economic perspective [based on several economic evaluation factors (i.e., gross profit margin, payback period, break-even point, cumulative net present value, return of investment, internal rate return, and profitability index) under ideal and non-ideal conditions by considering internal (i.e., sales, raw materials, utilities, and variable cost) and external aspects (i.e., tax)] confirmed the prospective development of the project in the large-scale production with a lifetime of more than 18 years. The main issue in the project is the raw material (i.e. tapioca flour), giving the most impact on the project’s feasibility. Even in severe conditions, the project is feasible. The great endurance was also confirmed in the case of a higher tax rate. This study demonstrates the importance of producing corncob-based briquettes for improving the economic value and giving alternatives for problem solvers in the utilization of agricultural waste.

scholarly journals Large-Scale Production of Human iPSC-Derived Macrophages for Drug Screening

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 4808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Gutbier ◽  
Florian Wanke ◽  
Nadine Dahm ◽  
Anna Rümmelin ◽  
Silke Zimmermann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Screening ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Neoplastic Cell ◽  
Leukemic Cells ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Large Scale Production ◽  
Compound Screening ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Induced Pluripotent

Tissue-resident macrophages are key players in inflammatory processes, and their activation and functionality are crucial in health and disease. Numerous diseases are associated with alterations in homeostasis or dysregulation of the innate immune system, including allergic reactions, autoimmune diseases, and cancer. Macrophages are a prime target for drug discovery due to their major regulatory role in health and disease. Currently, the main sources of macrophages used for therapeutic compound screening are primary cells isolated from blood or tissue or immortalized or neoplastic cell lines (e.g., THP-1). Here, we describe an improved method to employ induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for the high-yield, large-scale production of cells resembling tissue-resident macrophages. For this, iPSC-derived macrophage-like cells are thoroughly characterized to confirm their cell identity and thus their suitability for drug screening purposes. These iPSC-derived macrophages show strong cellular identity with primary macrophages and recapitulate key functional characteristics, including cytokine release, phagocytosis, and chemotaxis. Furthermore, we demonstrate that genetic modifications can be readily introduced at the macrophage-like progenitor stage in order to interrogate drug target-relevant pathways. In summary, this novel method overcomes previous shortcomings with primary and leukemic cells and facilitates large-scale production of genetically modified iPSC-derived macrophages for drug screening applications.

scholarly journals Ultra-high Yield On-surface Synthesis and Assembly of Circumcoronene into Chiral Electronic Kagome-honeycomb Lattice

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mykola Telychko ◽  
Guangwu Li ◽  
Pingo Mutombo ◽  
Diego Soler-Polo ◽  
Xinnan Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Cascade Reactions ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Honeycomb Lattice ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Methyl Radical ◽  
Synthetic Strategy ◽  
Temperature Scanning

On-surface synthesis has revealed remarkable potential in the fabrication of a plethora of elusive nanographenes with tailored structural, electronic and magnetic properties unattainable by conventional wet-chemistry synthesis. Unfortunately, surface-assisted synthesis often involves multiple-step cascade reactions with competing pathways, leading to the formation of a diversity of products with limited yield, which reduces its feasibility towards the large-scale production for future technological applications. Here, we devise a new on-surface synthetic strategy for the ultra-high yield synthesis of a hexagonal nanographene with six zigzag edges, namely circumcoronene on Cu(111) via surfaceassisted intramolecular dehydrogenation of the rationally-designed precursor molecule, followed by methyl radical-radical coupling and aromatization. An elegant electrostatic interaction between circumcoronene and Cu(111) drives their self-organization into an extended superlattice, as revealed by bond-resolved low-temperature scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy measurements. Density functional theory and tight-binding calculations reveal that unique hexagonal zigzag topology of circumcoronenes, along with their periodic electrostatic landscape confines two-dimensional (2D) electron gas in Cu(111) surface into chiral electronic Kagome-honeycomb lattice with two emergent electronic flat bands. Our findings open up a new route for the high-yield fabrication of elusive nanographenes with zigzag topologies and their novel 2D superlattices with possible nontrivial electronic properties towards their future technological applications.

scholarly journals Ultra-high Yield On-surface Synthesis and Assembly of Circumcoronene into Chiral Electronic Kagome-honeycomb Lattice

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mykola Telychko ◽  
Guangwu Li ◽  
Pingo Mutombo ◽  
Diego Soler-Polo ◽  
Xinnan Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Cascade Reactions ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Honeycomb Lattice ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Methyl Radical ◽  
Synthetic Strategy ◽  
Temperature Scanning

On-surface synthesis has revealed remarkable potential in the fabrication of a plethora of elusive nanographenes with tailored structural, electronic and magnetic properties unattainable by conventional wet-chemistry synthesis. Unfortunately, surface-assisted synthesis often involves multiple-step cascade reactions with competing pathways, leading to the formation of a diversity of products with limited yield, which reduces its feasibility towards the large-scale production for future technological applications. Here, we devise a new on-surface synthetic strategy for the ultra-high yield synthesis of a hexagonal nanographene with six zigzag edges, namely circumcoronene on Cu(111) via surfaceassisted intramolecular dehydrogenation of the rationally-designed precursor molecule, followed by methyl radical-radical coupling and aromatization. An elegant electrostatic interaction between circumcoronene and Cu(111) drives their self-organization into an extended superlattice, as revealed by bond-resolved low-temperature scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy measurements. Density functional theory and tight-binding calculations reveal that unique hexagonal zigzag topology of circumcoronenes, along with their periodic electrostatic landscape confines two-dimensional (2D) electron gas in Cu(111) surface into chiral electronic Kagome-honeycomb lattice with two emergent electronic flat bands. Our findings open up a new route for the high-yield fabrication of elusive nanographenes with zigzag topologies and their novel 2D superlattices with possible nontrivial electronic properties towards their future technological applications.

scholarly journals Metabolic engineering for high yield synthesis of astaxanthin in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Torres-Haro ◽  
Jorge Verdín ◽  
Manuel R. Kirchmayr ◽  
Melchor Arellano-Plaza
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Engineering ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Xanthophyllomyces Dendrorhous ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Proteomic Data ◽  
Large Scale Production ◽  
Mutant Strains ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries

AbstractAstaxanthin is a carotenoid with a number of assets useful for the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Nowadays, it is mainly produced by chemical synthesis. However, the process leads to an enantiomeric mixture where the biologically assimilable forms (3R, 3′R or 3S, 3′S) are a minority. Microbial production of (3R, 3′R) astaxanthin by Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is an appealing alternative due to its fast growth rate and easy large-scale production. In order to increase X. dendrorhous astaxanthin yields, random mutant strains able to produce from 6 to 10 mg/g dry mass have been generated; nevertheless, they often are unstable. On the other hand, site-directed mutant strains have also been obtained, but they increase only the yield of non-astaxanthin carotenoids. In this review, we insightfully analyze the metabolic carbon flow converging in astaxanthin biosynthesis and, by integrating the biological features of X. dendrorhous with available metabolic, genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic data, as well as the knowledge gained with random and site-directed mutants that lead to increased carotenoids yield, we propose new metabolic engineering targets to increase astaxanthin biosynthesis.

scholarly journals Environmental and Economic Analysis of FDM, SLS and MJF Additive Manufacturing Technologies

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Tagliaferri ◽  
Federica Trovalusci ◽  
Stefano Guarino ◽  
Simone Venettacci
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fused Deposition Modeling ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Optimal Choice ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Fused Deposition ◽  
Manufacturing Technologies ◽  
The Impact

In this study, the authors present a comparative analysis of different additive manufacturing (AM) technologies for high-performance components. Four 3D printers, currently available on the Italian national manufacturing market and belonging to three different AM technologies, were considered. The analysis focused on technical aspects to highlight the characteristics and performance limits of each technology, economic aspects to allow for an assessment of the costs associated with the different processes, and environmental aspects to focus on the impact of the production cycles associated with these technologies on the ecosystem, resources and human health. This study highlighted the current limits of additive manufacturing technologies in terms of production capacity in the case of large-scale production of plastic components, especially large ones. At the same time, this study highlights how the geometry of the object to be developed greatly influences the optimal choice between the various AM technologies, in both technological and economic terms. Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is the technology that exhibits the greatest limitations hindering mass production due to production times and costs, but also due to the associated environmental impact.

scholarly journals High-Yield Production of Aqueous Graphene for Electrohydrodynamic Drop-on-Demand Printing of Biocompatible Conductive Patterns

Biosensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Ehsan Niaraki Asli ◽  
Jingshuai Guo ◽  
Pei Lun Lai ◽  
Reza Montazami ◽  
Nicole N. Hashemi
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Flexible Electronics ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Flexible Substrate ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Drop On Demand ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy

Presented here is a scalable and aqueous phase exfoliation of graphite to high yield and quality of few layer graphene (FLG) using Bovine Serum Albomine (BSA) and wet ball milling. The produced graphene ink is tailored for printable and flexible electronics, having shown promising results in terms of electrical conductivity and temporal stability. Shear force generated by steel balls which resulted in 2–3 layer defect-free graphene platelets with an average size of hundreds of nm, and with a concentration of about 5.1 mg/mL characterized by Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmittance electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-vis spectroscopy. Further, a conductive ink was prepared and printed on flexible substrate (Polyimide) with controlled resolution. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Profilometry revealed the effect of thermal annealing on the prints to concede consistent morphological characteristics. The resulted sheet resistance was measured to be R s = 36.75 Ω / sqr for prints as long as 100 mm. Printable inks were produced in volumes ranging from 20 mL to 1 L, with potential to facilitate large scale production of graphene for applications in biosensors, as well as flexible and printable electronics.

scholarly journals Production of Carbon Nanofibers Using a CVD Method with Lithium Fluoride as a Supported Cobalt Catalyst

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Manafi ◽  
S. H. Badiee
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Carbon Nanofibers ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Fundamental Understanding

Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) have been synthesized in high yield (>70%) by catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) on Co/LiF catalyst using acetylene as carbon source. A novel catalyst support (LiF) is reported for the first time as an alternative for large-scale production of carbon nanofibers while purification process of nanofibers is easier. In our experiment, the sealed furnace was heated at700∘Cfor 0.5 hour (the heating rate was10∘C/min) and then cooled to room temperature in the furnace naturally. Catalytic chemical vapor deposition is of interest for fundamental understanding and improvement of commercial synthesis of carbon nanofibers (CNFs). The obtained sample was sequentially washed with ethanol, dilutes acid, and distilled water to remove residual impurities, amorphous carbon materials, and remaining of catalyst, and then dried at110∘Cfor 24 hours. The combined physical characterization through several techniques, such as high-resolution transmission electron microscope (TEM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), thermogarvimetric analysis (TGA), and zeta-sizer and Raman spectroscopy, allows determining the geometric characteristic and the microstructure of individual carbon nanofibers. Catalytic chemical vapor deposition is of interest for fundamental understanding and improvement of commercial synthesis of carbon nanofibers (CNFs). As a matter of fact, the method of CCVD guarantees the production of CNFs for different applications.

scholarly journals Recent advances and perspectives in efforts to reduce the production and application cost of microbial flocculants

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong Liu ◽  
Di Sun ◽  
Jiawen Liu ◽  
Jingrong Zhu ◽  
Weijie Liu
Keyword(s):  
Metal Ion ◽  
Production Cost ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Nanoparticle Synthesis ◽  
Genetically Engineered ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Cheap Alternative ◽  
Microbial Flocculant

AbstractMicrobial flocculants are macromolecular substances produced by microorganisms. Due to its non-toxic, harmless, and biodegradable advantages, microbial flocculants have been widely used in various industrial fields, such as wastewater treatment, microalgae harvest, activated sludge dewatering, heavy metal ion adsorption, and nanoparticle synthesis, especially in the post-treatment process of fermentation with high safety requirement. However, compared with the traditional inorganic flocculants and organic polymeric flocculants, the high production cost is the main bottleneck that restricts the large-scale production and application of microbial flocculants. To reduce the production cost of microbial flocculant, a series of efforts have been carried out and some exciting research progresses have been achieved. This paper summarized the research advances in the last decade, including the screening of high-yield strains and the construction of genetically engineered strains, search of cheap alternative medium, the extraction and preservation methods, microbial flocculants production as an incidental product of other biological processes, combined use of traditional flocculant and microbial flocculant, and the production of microbial flocculant promoted by inducer. Moreover, this paper prospects the future research directions to further reduce the production cost of microbial flocculants, thereby promoting the industrial production and large-scale application of microbial flocculants.

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