The present invention relates to a process for producing efficiently glutamic acid derivatives such as monatin by converting a substituted \u03b1-keto acid of formula into a glutamic acid derivative of formula in the presence of an enzyme catalyzing conversion of the same. The platform information describes the environment in which a program executes. When water is added to the sizing agent thereby producing a mixture with a nonvolatile content of 1 weight %, the mixture exhibits a dynamic surface tension ranging from 40 to 55 mNm determined by the maximum bubble pressure method when bubbles are blown into the mixture at the rate of one bubble per 100 milliseconds. A solid state method to stimulate precursor chemisorbed specie dissociation accelerates the reaction rates, providing a method to greatly intensify pulsed power output, increase efficiency, and to facilitate nano-scale and micro-scale thermal energy heat rejection processes. In one embodiment, the method of manufacturing the integrated circuit includes conformally mapping a micromagnetic device, including a ferromagnetic core, to determine appropriate dimensions therefor, depositing an adhesive over an insulator coupled to a substrate of the integrated circuit and forming the ferromagnetic core of the appropriate dimensions over the adhesive.