On behalf
of the Guest Editor, Dr. Clifford Louime, we would like to invite you
to
contribute a paper for publication in the Special Issue “Biofuels
R&D:
Securing the Planet Future Energy Needs” of the International
Journal of
Molecular Sciences, IJMS (http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/, ISSN 1422-0067,
CODEN:
IJMCFK). Papers (both
comprehensive review articles and full research papers) are invited.
You may also publish in the
Special Issue "Biofuels" of the journal
Energies (http://www.mdpi.org/energies/, ISSN 1996-1073).
The value
of biomass as a sustainable source of energy and carbon has been
heralded for
years. Despite the information available on enzyme systems and plant
cell walls
structure, application of this knowledge to biomass conversion into
biofuels
and useful chemicals has met with limited success. The goal of this
special
issue is to examine the stand of the latest available technologies to
ensure a
sustainable commercial use of biomass wastes.
Topics of
special interest include, but are not strictly limited to, the
following:
1- Biomass
Characterization & Analysis:
1a.
Characterization of biomass feedstock and products;
1b. Process
design;
1c.
Development of new methods and tools;
2- Biochemical
Conversion Technologies:
2a.
Development of pretreatment technologies;
2b.
Cellulase Enzyme Development: e.g. basic science underlying enzymatic
hydrolysis;
2c. Strain
Development: metabolic engineering techniques;
3-
Thermochemical Conversion Technologies:
3a.
Gasification R&D;
3b.
Pyrolysis processes;
4- Biobased
Product & Development:
4a.
Discovery, improvement, and development of conversion
technologies;
4b. Novel
separation technologies;
4c.
Quantifying the quality and performance of biobased products;
Papers of the following categories related to biofuel studies
are considered:
Energy
and fuels, Chemical Engineering, Environmental sciences, Biotechnology
and Applied Microbilogy, Agricultural Engineering and Thermodynamics
The
deadline for submissions is
set to
31 March 2008. Submitted
papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under
consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed
through a peer
review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant
information for submitting papers are available on the “
Instructions
for Authors” page.
This thematic special issue will be fully Open Access
with publishing fees paid by authors. Open Access (unlimited access by
readers)
increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations as indicated
by
several studies. More information is available at http://www.mdpi.org/oaj-supports.htm. A list of leading review papers can be found
at http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/specialissues/biofuels.htm.
You may send your
manuscript from today on until 31
March 2008.
Accepted papers will be published immediately. On 31 March 2008, all the
papers belonging to this special issue will be collected together on a
homepage.
For review
papers, the title and a
short abstract can be sent to [email protected] (copy to Dr. Clifford Louime, E-mail:
[email protected] as soon as possible.
IJMS maintains a rigorous and fast peer-review system. Because it is an
online
journal, papers published in IJMS receive very high publicity. This
journal is
indexed and abstracted very rapidly by the leading indexing and
abstracting
services including Beilstein, Chemical Abstracts and Science
Citation
Index Expanded (Web of Science).
Please send your paper by e-mail to [email protected]. The subject title of
the
message should be "Manuscript for Special Issue “Biofuels R&D:
Securing the Planet Future Energy Needs” for IJMS".
Please never hesitate to contact us, if you should have any questions.
IJMS Editorial Office
E-Mail: [email protected]
Dr. Clifford Louime
Research Associate, Grapes Breeding and
Genetics, Center For Viticulture and Small Fruit Research
Florida A&M University, 6505 Mahan
Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32315
Tel: 850-412-7395, Fax: 850-561-2617, Email: [email protected]
http://www.famu.edu/oldsite/acad/colleges/cesta/vit-faculty.htm