Biomolecular Catalysis: Nanoscale Science and Technology

Nanostructured materials are currently a hot research topic with many academic, industrial, and government laboratories doing basic and applied R&D. Amalgamating these materials and biomolecular catalysts provide unprecedented capabilities in developing new functional materials that can be utilized in heterogeneous catalytic reactions, biodetection, energy harvesting, drug synthesis and delivery.

This symposium series volume provides up-to-date reviews on synthesis, characterization, and applications of nanostructured systems in biocatalytic processes. The first part of the book describes the use of various nanostructures, including nanoporous materials, nanotubes, nanofibers and nanoparticles, and composite materials for biocatalysis. These chapters demonstrate the current frontier exploration and the most popular structures for nanobiocatalysis. The second part of the book illustrates potential applications of nanoscale biocatalysts in heterogeneous catalysis, biosensors, energy conversion, reaction engineering, and nano-transport.

Nanostructured materials are currently a hot research topic with many academic, industrial, and government laboratories doing basic and applied R&D. Amalgamating these materials and biomolecular catalysts provide unprecedented capabilities in developing new functional materials that can be utilized in heterogeneous catalytic reactions, biodetection, energy harvesting, drug synthesis and delivery.

Dr. Jungbae Kim received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University, Korea, in 1986 and 1988, and Ph.D. degree in Biochemical Engineering from University of Iowa in 1995. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Dr. Seong H. Kim received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry from Yonsei University, Korea, in 1990 and 1992 and his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Northwestern University in 1998. After doing postdoctoral research at University of California at Berkeley, he moved to the Department of Chemical Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University in 2001.

Dr. Ping Wang received his B.S. degree in 1985, M. S. degree in chemical engineering from East China University of Science and Technology (Shanghai), and Ph.D. degree in 1995 in chemical engineering from Tufts University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering at University of Minnesota.