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Arregoitia-Sarabia C, González-Revuelta D, Fallanza M, Ortiz A, Gorri D. PEBA/PDMS Composite Multilayer Hollow Fiber Membranes for the Selective Separation of Butanol by Pervaporation. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:membranes12101007. [PMID: 36295765 PMCID: PMC9610642 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12101007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The growing interest in the production of biofuels has motivated numerous studies on separation techniques that allow the separation/concentration of organics produced by fermentation, improving productivity and performance. In this work, the preparation and characterization of new butanol-selective membranes was reported. The prepared membranes had a hollow fiber configuration and consisted of two dense selective layers: a first layer of PEBA and a second (outer) layer of PDMS. The membranes were tested to evaluate their separation performance in the selective removal of organics from a synthetic ABE solution. Membranes with various thicknesses were prepared in order to evaluate the effect of the PDMS protective layer on permeant fluxes and membrane selectivity. The mass transport phenomena in the pervaporation process were characterized using a resistances-in-series model. The experimental results showed that PEBA as the material of the dense separating layer is the most favorable in terms of selectivity towards butanol with respect to the other components of the feed stream. The addition of a protective layer of PDMS allows the sealing of possible pinholes; however, its thickness should be kept as small as possible since permeation fluxes decrease with increasing thickness of PDMS and this material also has greater selectivity towards acetone compared to other feed components.
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Wu Q, Sun Y, Wang W, Tian S, Ouyang M, Chen K, Shi D, Zhang Y, Li H, Zhao Z. Block copolymer pervaporation membranes with microphase separated structures for ethyl acetate separation. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Arcanjo Gonçalves BJ, de Souza Figueiredo KC. Developments in downstream butanol separation from ABE fermentation. Chem Eng Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.202200241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Bruno José Arcanjo Gonçalves
- Department of Chemical Engineering Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627 Pampulha, Belo Horizonte CEP 31270-901 Brazil
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627 Pampulha, Belo Horizonte CEP 31270-901 Brazil
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Ouni B, Larbi T, Amlouk M. Structural, Optical Properties of Zr Doping Mn3O4 Sprayed Thin Films and Ethanol Sensing. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024422080192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zhan X, Zhao X, Gao Z, Ge R, Lu J, Wang L, Li J. Breakthroughs on tailoring membrane materials for ethanol recovery by pervaporation. Chin J Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Serna-Vázquez J, Zamidi Ahmad M, Castro-Muñoz R. Simultaneous production and extraction of bio-chemicals produced from fermentations via pervaporation. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cabezas R, Duran S, Zurob E, Plaza A, Merlet G, Araya-Lopez C, Romero J, Quijada-Maldonado E. Development of silicone-coated hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent-based membranes for pervaporation of biobutanol. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Bermudez Jaimes JH, Torres Alvarez ME, Bannwart de Moraes E, Wolf Maciel MR, Maciel Filho R. Separation and Semi-Empiric Modeling of Ethanol-Water Solutions by Pervaporation Using PDMS Membrane. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 13:E93. [PMID: 33383641 PMCID: PMC7795344 DOI: 10.3390/polym13010093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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High energy demand, competitive fuel prices and the need for environmentally friendly processes have led to the constant development of the alcohol industry. Pervaporation is seen as a separation process, with low energy consumption, which has a high potential for application in the fermentation and dehydration of ethanol. This work presents the experimental ethanol recovery by pervaporation and the semi-empirical model of partial fluxes. Total permeate fluxes between 15.6-68.6 mol m-2 h-1 (289-1565 g m-2 h-1), separation factor between 3.4-6.4 and ethanol molar fraction between 16-171 mM (4-35 wt%) were obtained using ethanol feed concentrations between 4-37 mM (1-9 wt%), temperature between 34-50 ∘C and commercial polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane. From the experimental data a semi-empirical model describing the behavior of partial-permeate fluxes was developed considering the effect of both the temperature and the composition of the feed, and the behavior of the apparent activation energy. Therefore, the model obtained shows a modified Arrhenius-type behavior that calculates with high precision the partial-permeate fluxes. Furthermore, the versatility of the model was demonstrated in process such as ethanol recovery and both ethanol and butanol dehydration.
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- John Hervin Bermudez Jaimes
- School of Chemical Engineering, Separation Process Development Laboratory, State University of Campinas, Albert Einstein 500, Campinas 13083-582, Brazil; (M.E.T.A.); (E.B.d.M.); (M.R.W.M.); (R.M.F.)
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Vees CA, Neuendorf CS, Pflügl S. Towards continuous industrial bioprocessing with solventogenic and acetogenic clostridia: challenges, progress and perspectives. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 47:753-787. [PMID: 32894379 PMCID: PMC7658081 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-020-02296-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The sustainable production of solvents from above ground carbon is highly desired. Several clostridia naturally produce solvents and use a variety of renewable and waste-derived substrates such as lignocellulosic biomass and gas mixtures containing H2/CO2 or CO. To enable economically viable production of solvents and biofuels such as ethanol and butanol, the high productivity of continuous bioprocesses is needed. While the first industrial-scale gas fermentation facility operates continuously, the acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation is traditionally operated in batch mode. This review highlights the benefits of continuous bioprocessing for solvent production and underlines the progress made towards its establishment. Based on metabolic capabilities of solvent producing clostridia, we discuss recent advances in systems-level understanding and genome engineering. On the process side, we focus on innovative fermentation methods and integrated product recovery to overcome the limitations of the classical one-stage chemostat and give an overview of the current industrial bioproduction of solvents.
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- Charlotte Anne Vees
- Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Wien, Gumpendorfer Straße 1a, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Wien, Gumpendorfer Straße 1a, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Wien, Gumpendorfer Straße 1a, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Abo BO, Gao M, Wang Y, Wu C, Wang Q, Ma H. Production of butanol from biomass: recent advances and future prospects. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:20164-20182. [PMID: 31115808 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05437-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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At present, diminishing oil resources and increasing environmental concerns have led to a shift toward the production of alternative biofuels. In the last few decades, butanol, as liquid biofuel, has received considerable research attention due to its advantages over ethanol. Several studies have focused on the production of butanol through the fermentation from raw renewable biomass, such as lignocellulosic materials. However, the low concentration and productivity of butanol production and the price of raw materials are limitations for butanol fermentation. Moreover, these limitations are the main causes of industrial decline in butanol production. This study reviews butanol fermentation, including the metabolism and characteristics of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) producing clostridia. Furthermore, types of butanol production from biomass feedstock are detailed in this study. Specifically, this study introduces the recent progress on the efficient butanol production of "designed" and modified biomass. Additionally, the recent advances in the butanol fermentation process, such as multistage continuous fermentation, metabolic flow change of the electron carrier supplement, continuous fermentation with immobilization and recycling of cell, and the recent technical separation of the products from the fermentation broth, are described in this study.
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- Bodjui Olivier Abo
- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory on Disposal and Resource Recovery of Industry Typical Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory on Disposal and Resource Recovery of Industry Typical Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory on Disposal and Resource Recovery of Industry Typical Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory on Disposal and Resource Recovery of Industry Typical Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
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The potential of pervaporation for biofuel recovery from fermentation: An energy consumption point of view. Chin J Chem Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2018.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zheng PY, Li XQ, Wu JK, Wang NX, Li J, An QF. Enhanced butanol selectivity of pervaporation membrane with fluorinated monolayer on polydimethylsiloxane surface. J Memb Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Wang Y, Ho SH, Yen HW, Nagarajan D, Ren NQ, Li S, Hu Z, Lee DJ, Kondo A, Chang JS. Current advances on fermentative biobutanol production using third generation feedstock. Biotechnol Adv 2017; 35:1049-1059. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Revised: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Jiménez-Bonilla P, Wang Y. In situ biobutanol recovery from clostridial fermentations: a critical review. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2017; 38:469-482. [PMID: 28920460 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2017.1376308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Butanol is a precursor of many industrial chemicals, and a fuel that is more energetic, safer and easier to handle than ethanol. Fermentative biobutanol can be produced using renewable carbon sources such as agro-industrial residues and lignocellulosic biomass. Solventogenic clostridia are known as the most preeminent biobutanol producers. However, until now, solvent production through the fermentative routes is still not economically competitive compared to the petrochemical approaches, because the butanol is toxic to their own producer bacteria, and thus, the production capability is limited by the butanol tolerance of producing cells. In order to relieve butanol toxicity to the cells and improve the butanol production, many recovery strategies (either in situ or downstream of the fermentation) have been attempted by many researchers and varied success has been achieved. In this article, we summarize in situ recovery techniques that have been applied to butanol production through Clostridium fermentation, including liquid-liquid extraction, perstraction, reactive extraction, adsorption, pervaporation, vacuum fermentation, flash fermentation and gas stripping. We offer a prospective and an opinion about the past, present and the future of these techniques, such as the application of advanced membrane technology and use of recent extractants, including polymer solutions and ionic liquids, as well as the application of these techniques to assist the in situ synthesis of butanol derivatives.
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- Pablo Jiménez-Bonilla
- a Department of Biosystems Engineering , Auburn University , Auburn , AL , USA.,b Laboratory of Natural Products and Biological Assays (LAPRONEB), Chemistry Department , National University (UNA) , Heredia , Costa Rica
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- a Department of Biosystems Engineering , Auburn University , Auburn , AL , USA.,c Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts , Auburn University , Auburn , AL , USA
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Pervaporative butanol removal from PBE fermentation broths for the bioconversion of glycerol by Clostridium pasteurianum. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Borreguero JM, Pincus PA, Sumpter BG, Goswami M. Dynamics of Charged Species in Ionic-Neutral Block Copolymer and Surfactant Complexes. J Phys Chem B 2017. [PMID: 28636369 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Structure-property relationships of ionic block copolymer (BCP) surfactant complexes are critical toward the progress of favorable engineering design of efficient charge-transport materials. In this article, molecular dynamics simulations are used to understand the dynamics of charged-neutral BCP and surfactant complexes. The dynamics are examined for two different systems: charged-neutral double-hydrophilic and hydrophobic-hydrophilic block copolymers with oppositely charged surfactant moieties. The dynamics of the surfactant head, tails, and charges are studied for five different BCP volume fractions. We observe that the dynamics of the different species solely depend on the balance between electrostatic and entropic interactions between the charged species and the neutral monomers. The favorable hydrophobic-hydrophobic interactions and the unfavorable hydrophobic-hydrophilic interactions determine the mobilities of the monomers. The dynamical properties of the charge species influence complex formation. Structural relaxations exhibit length-scale dependent behavior, with slower relaxation at the radius of gyration length-scale and faster relaxation at the segmental length-scale, consistent with previous results. The dynamical analysis correlates ion-exchange kinetics to the self-assembly behavior of the complexes.
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- Jose M Borreguero
- Neutron Data Analysis & Visualization, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Material Science, University of California , Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Material Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States.,Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Material Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States.,Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Outram V, Lalander CA, Lee JGM, Davies ET, Harvey AP. Applied in situ product recovery in ABE fermentation. Biotechnol Prog 2017; 33:563-579. [PMID: 28188696 PMCID: PMC5485034 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The production of biobutanol is hindered by the product's toxicity to the bacteria, which limits the productivity of the process. In situ product recovery of butanol can improve the productivity by removing the source of inhibition. This paper reviews in situ product recovery techniques applied to the acetone butanol ethanol fermentation in a stirred tank reactor. Methods of in situ recovery include gas stripping, vacuum fermentation, pervaporation, liquid–liquid extraction, perstraction, and adsorption, all of which have been investigated for the acetone, butanol, and ethanol fermentation. All techniques have shown an improvement in substrate utilization, yield, productivity or both. Different fermentation modes favored different techniques. For batch processing gas stripping and pervaporation were most favorable, but in fed‐batch fermentations gas stripping and adsorption were most promising. During continuous processing perstraction appeared to offer the best improvement. The use of hybrid techniques can increase the final product concentration beyond that of single‐stage techniques. Therefore, the selection of an in situ product recovery technique would require comparable information on the energy demand and economics of the process. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 33:563–579, 2017
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- Victoria Outram
- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Material, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K.,Green Biologics Ltd, 45A Western Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K
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- Green Biologics Ltd, 45A Western Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Material, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K
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- Green Biologics Ltd, 45A Western Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Material, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K
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Effect of block copolymer morphology controlled by casting-solvent quality on pervaporation of butanol/water mixtures. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.09.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Borreguero JM, Pincus PA, Sumpter BG, Goswami M. Unraveling the Agglomeration Mechanism in Charged Block Copolymer and Surfactant Complexes. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Department
of Material Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Keating JJ, Imbrogno J, Belfort G. Polymer Brushes for Membrane Separations: A Review. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:28383-28399. [PMID: 27709877 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The fundamentals and applications of polymer brush-modified membranes are reviewed. This new class of synthetic membranes is explored with an emphasis on tuning the membrane performance through polymer brush grafting. This work highlights the intriguing performance characteristics of polymer brush-modified membranes in a variety of separations. Polymer brushes are a versatile and effective means in designing membranes for applications in protein adsorption and purification, colloid stabilization, sensors, water purification, pervaporation of organic compounds, gas separations, and as stimuli responsive materials.
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- John J Keating
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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