Silica Hydrogels as Entrapment Material for Microalgae

Despite being a promising feedstock for food, feed, chemicals, and biofuels, microalgal production processes are still uneconomical due to slow growth rates, costly media, problematic downstreaming processes, and rather low cell densities. Immobilization via entrapment constitutes a promising tool t...

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Main Authors: Sarah Vanessa Homburg, Anant V. Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/7/1391