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Emma Incocciati, Roberto Lauri, Biancamaria Pietrangeli. «Innovative mixed microbial culture processes for PHA production at pilot scale: professional chemical risk assessment». Chemical Engineering Transactions 79 (April 1, 2020): 49-54. https://doi.org/10.3303/CET2079009.

Rhiannon Chalmers Brown, Romain Tuffou, Jaime Massanet Nicolau, Richard Dinsdale, Alan Guwy. «Overcoming nutrient loss during volatile fatty acid recovery from fermentation media by addition of electrodialysis to a polytetrafluoroethylene membrane stack». Bioresource Technology, 301, 122543 (April 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122543.

Carmela Riccardi, Francesca Buiarelli, Federica Castellani, Patrizia Di Filippo, Laura Lorini, Mauro Majone, Mariana Matos, Donatella Pomata, Giulia Simonetti, Bruno Sommer Ferreira and Francesco Valentino. «Polychlorinated biphenyl profile in polyhydroxy-alkanoates synthetized from urban organic wastes». Polymers 12(3)  (14 March 2020) https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12030659.

Giulia Moretto, Ivan Russo, David Bolzonella, Paolo Pavan, Mauro Majone, Francesco Valentino. «An urban biorefinery for food waste and biological sludge conversion into polyhydroxyalkanoates and biogas». Water Research, 170, 115371 (March 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115371.

Miriam Peces, Guillermo Pozo, Konrad Koch, Joan Dosta, Sergi Astals. «Exploring the potential of co-fermenting sewage sludge and lipids in a resource recovery scenario». Bioresource Technology, 300, 122561 (March 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122561.

Ilenia Confente, Daniele Scarpi, Ivan Russo. «Marketing a new generation of bio-plastics products for a circular economy: The role of green self-identity, self-congruity, and perceived value». Journal of Business Research, 689, 765-773 (in press, online 24 November 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.10.030.

Luigi di Bitonto, Sandro Menegatti, Carlo Pastore. «Process intensification for the production of the ethyl esters of volatile fatty acids using aluminium chloride hexahydrate as a catalyst». Journal of Cleaner Production, 239, 118122 (1 December 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118122.

Paola Paiano, Miriam Menini, Marco Zeppilli, Mauro Majone, Marianna Villano. «Electro-fermentation and redox mediators enhance glucose conversion into butyric acid with mixed microbial cultures». Bioelectrochemistry, 130, 107333 (December 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2019.107333.

Simona Crognale, Barbara Tonanzi, Francesco Valentino, Mauro Majone, Simona Rossetti. «Microbiome dynamics and phaC synthase genes selected in a pilot plant producing polyhydroxyalkanoate from the organic fraction of urban waste». Science of The Total Environment, 689, 765-773 (1 November 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.491.

Yen-Keong Cheah, Joan Dosta and Joan Mata-Alvarez. «Enhancement of volatile fatty acids production from food waste by mature compost addition». Molecules, 24(16), 2986 (17 August 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24162986.

Beatriz Melendez-Rodriguez , Sergio Torres-Giner, Abdulaziz Aldureid, Luis Cabedo and Jose M. Lagaron. «Reactive melt mixing of poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate)/rice husk flour composites with purified biosustainably produced poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate)». Materials, 12(13), 2152 (4 July 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12132152.

Francesco Valentino, Giulia Moretto, Marco Gottardo, Paolo Pavan, David Bolzonella, Mauro Majone. «Pilot-scale polyhydroxyalkanoate production from combined treatment of organic fraction of municipal solid waste and sewage sludge». Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 12149−12158 (10 June 2019). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01831.

Gamal K. Hassan, Jaime Massanet-Nicolau, Richard Dinsdale, Rhys Jon Jones, M.M. Abo-Aly, Fatma A. El-Gohary, Alan Guwy. «A novel method for increasing biohydrogen production from food waste using electrodialysis». International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(29), 14715-14720 (7 June 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.04.176.

Giulia Moretto, Francesco Valentino, Paolo Pavan, Mauro Majone, David Bolzonella. «Optimization of urban waste fermentation for volatile fatty acids production». Waste Management, 92, 21-29 (1 June 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.05.010.

Francesco Valentino, Giulia Moretto, Laura Lorini, David Bolzonella, Paolo Pavan, and Mauro Majone. «Novel routes for urban bio-waste management: a combined acidic fermentation and anaerobic digestion process for platform chemicals and biogas production». Journal of Cleaner Production, 220, 368-375 (20 May 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.102.

Yen-Keong Cheah, Carme Vidal-Antich, Joan Dosta, Joan Mata-Álvarez. «Volatile fatty acid production from mesophilic acidogenic fermentation of organic fraction of municipal solid waste and food waste under acidic and alkaline pH». Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-14 (20 May 2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05394-6.

Ivan Russo, Ilenia Confente, Daniele Scarpi, Benjamin T. Hazen. «From trash to treasure: the impact of consumer perception of bio-waste products in closed-loop supply chains». Journal of Cleaner Production 218, 966-974 (1 May 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.044.

Anna Salevic, Cristina Prieto, Luis Cabedo, Viktor Nedović and Jose Maria Lagaron. «Physicochemical, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone) films containing a solid dispersion of sage (Salvia officinalis L.) extract». Nanomaterials 9(2), 270 (February 15, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020270.

Adriane Cherpinski, Piotr K. Szewczyk, Adam Gruszczyński, Urszula Stachewicz and Jose M. Lagaron. «Oxygen-scavenging multilayered biopapers containing palladium nanoparticles obtained by the electrospinning coating technique». Nanomaterials 9(2), 262 (February 14, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020262.

Beatriz Melendez-Rodriguez, Kelly J. Figueroa-Lopez, Andrea Bernardos, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Luis Cabedo, Sergio Torres-Giner and Jose M. Lagaron. «Electrospun antimicrobial films of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) containing eugenol essential oil encapsulated in mesoporous silica nanoparticles». Nanomaterials 9(2), 227 (February 8, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020227.

Giuseppe Strazzera, Federico Battista, Natalia Herrero Garcia, Nicola Frison, and David Bolzonella. «Volatile fatty acids production from food wastes for biorefinery platforms: A review». Journal of Environmental Management 226 (November 15, 2018): 278–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.08.039.

Beatriz Melendez-Rodriguez, Jinneth L. Castro-Mayorga, Maria A. M. Reis, Chris Sammon, Luis Cabedo, Sergio Torres-Giner, and Jose M. Lagaron. «Preparation and Characterization of Electrospun Food Biopackaging Films of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-Co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) Derived From Fruit Pulp Biowaste». Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 2 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00038.

Chiara Cavaliere, Carmela Maria Montone, Anna Laura Capriotti, Giorgia La Barbera, Susy Piovesana, Mauro Rotatori, Francesco Valentino, and Aldo Laganà. «Extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from polyhydroxyalkanoates before gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis». Talanta 188 (October 1, 2018): 671–675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2018.06.038.

Natalia Herrero Garcia, Giuseppe Strazzera, Nicola Frison, David Bolzonella. «Volatile fatty acids production from household food waste». Chemical Engineering Transactions 64 (May 1, 2018): 103-108. https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1864018.

Biancamaria Pietrangeli, Roberto Lauri and Mara Stefanelli. «Biorefinery safety: The role of INAIL in Italy». J. Biotechnol. Biomater. 7:1(Suppl) (2017) http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-952X.C1.071