The aims and scope of the Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (JCTB) is concerned
with the application of scientific discoveries and advancements in chemical and biological
technology that aim towards economically and environmentally sustainable industrial processes.
Process
Technology
Industrial biopharma and biotechnology.
Separation and purification technologies.
Process intensification and optimisation.
Membrane technology in chemical engineering
and biotechnology.
Environmental
and Sustainable
Technology
New technologies for the treatment of gas, solid and
liquid waste streams.
Clean technologies for waste minimisation.
Use of biomass as feedstock, biofuels, biorefinings.
Advances in fuel cell technology, application of
microbial fuel cells.
Waste recycle technologies.
Industrial
Catalysis and
Biocatalysis
Photocatalysis.
Enzyme technology: biotransformations.
Application of catalysis in clean synthesis and processing.
Catalytic detoxification.
Catalyst performance: correlation with catalyst
characterisation.
Hybrid chemo-bioprocesses.
Chemical and
Biochemical
Engineering
Reactor, equipment and downstream processing design.
Process design: scale up and scale down technologies.
Monitoring and control.
Synthetic biology.
Nano and microscale technologies.