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Tian Y, Hu C, An M, He X, Wang H, Yi C. Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Filled PDMS Hybrid Membranes for Enhanced Ethanol Recovery. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:12294-12304. [PMID: 36890695 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c20553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Ethanol separation via the pervaporation process has shown growing application potential in solvent recovery and the bioethanol industry. In the continuous pervaporation process, polymeric membranes such as hydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) have been developed to enrich/separate ethanol from dilute aqueous solutions. However, its practical application remains largely limited due to the relatively low separation efficiency, especially in selectivity. In view of this, hydrophobic carbon nanotube (CNT) filled PDMS mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) aimed at high-efficiency ethanol recovery were fabricated in this work. The filler K-MWCNTs was prepared by functionalizing MWCNT-NH2 with epoxy-containing silane coupling agent (KH560) to improve the affinity between fillers and PDMS matrix. With K-MWCNT loading increased from 1 wt % to 10 wt %, membranes showed higher surface roughness and water contact angle was improved from 115° to 130°. The swelling degree of K-MWCNT/PDMS MMMs (2 wt %) in water were also reduced from 10 wt % to 2.5 wt %. Pervaporation performance for K-MWCNT/PDMS MMMs under varied feed concentrations and temperatures were evaluated. The results supported that the K-MWCNT/PDMS MMMs at 2 wt % K-MWCNT loading showed the optimum separation performance (compared with pure PDMS membranes), with the separation factor improved from 9.1 to 10.4, and the permeate flux increased by 50% (40-60 °C, at 6 wt % feed ethanol concentration). This work provides a promising method for preparing a PDMS composite with both high permeate flux and selectivity, which showed great potential for bioethanol production and alcohol separation in industry.
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- Yuhong Tian
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wuliangye-flavor Liquor Solid-state Fermentation, China National Light Industry, Yibin 644000, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wuliangye-flavor Liquor Solid-state Fermentation, China National Light Industry, Yibin 644000, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Gupta I, Gupta O. Recent Advancements in the Recovery and Reuse of Organic Solvents Using Novel Nanomaterial-Based Membranes for Renewable Energy Applications. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:membranes13010108. [PMID: 36676915 PMCID: PMC9862370 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13010108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The energy crisis in the world is increasing rapidly owing to the shortage of fossil fuel reserves. Climate change and an increase in global warming necessitates a change in focus from petroleum-based fuels to renewable fuels such as biofuels. The remodeling of existing separation processes using various nanomaterials is of a growing interest to industrial separation methods. Recently, the design of membrane technologies has been the most focused research area concerning fermentation broth to enhance performance efficiency, while recovering those byproducts to be used as value added fuels. Specifically, the use of novel nano material membranes, which brings about a selective permeation of the byproducts, such as organic solvent, from the fermentation broth, positively affects the fermentation kinetics by eliminating the issue of product inhibition. In this review, which and how membrane-based technologies using novel materials can improve the separation performance of organic solvents is considered. In particular, technical approaches suggested in previous studies are discussed with the goal of emphasizing benefits and problems faced in order to direct research towards an optimized membrane separation performance for renewable fuel production on a commercial scale.
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- Indrani Gupta
- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, MA 02210, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-201-467-1138
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Effects of carbon nanotubes on structure, performance and properties of polymer nanocomposite membranes for water/wastewater treatment applications: a comprehensive review. Polym Bull (Berl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-022-04635-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Peng P, Lan Y, Xu A, Liu M. Enhanced ethanol pervaporative selectivity of polydimethylsiloxane membranes by incorporating with graphene oxide@silica core‐shell structure. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.53449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Ping Peng
- Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology, School of Resource and Chemical Engineering Sanming University Sanming China
- Science and Technology on Sanming Institute of Fluorochemical Industry Sanming China
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- Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology, School of Resource and Chemical Engineering Sanming University Sanming China
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- Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology, School of Resource and Chemical Engineering Sanming University Sanming China
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- Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology, School of Resource and Chemical Engineering Sanming University Sanming China
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Si Z, Wu H, Qin P, Van der Bruggen B. Polydimethylsiloxane based membranes for biofuels pervaporation. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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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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Peng P, Lan Y, Liang L, Jia K. Membranes for bioethanol production by pervaporation. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:10. [PMID: 33413629 PMCID: PMC7791809 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-020-01857-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bioethanol as a renewable energy resource plays an important role in alleviating energy crisis and environmental protection. Pervaporation has achieved increasing attention because of its potential to be a useful way to separate ethanol from the biomass fermentation process. RESULTS This overview of ethanol separation via pervaporation primarily concentrates on transport mechanisms, fabrication methods, and membrane materials. The research and development of polymeric, inorganic, and mixed matrix membranes are reviewed from the perspective of membrane materials as well as modification methods. The recovery performance of the existing pervaporation membranes for ethanol solutions is compared, and the approaches to further improve the pervaporation performance are also discussed. CONCLUSIONS Overall, exploring the possibility and limitation of the separation performance of PV membranes for ethanol extraction is a long-standing topic. Collectively, the quest is to break the trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity. Based on the facilitated transport mechanism, further exploration of ethanol-selective membranes may focus on constructing a well-designed microstructure, providing active sites for facilitating the fast transport of ethanol molecules, hence achieving both high selectivity and permeability simultaneously. Finally, it is expected that more and more successful research could be realized into commercial products and this separation process will be deployed in industrial practices in the near future.
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- Ping Peng
- Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology, School of Resource and Chemical Engineering, Sanming University, Sanming, 365004, Fujian, China
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- Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology, School of Resource and Chemical Engineering, Sanming University, Sanming, 365004, Fujian, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biobased Material Science & Technology (Education Ministry), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China.
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- Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology, School of Resource and Chemical Engineering, Sanming University, Sanming, 365004, Fujian, China
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- Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology, School of Resource and Chemical Engineering, Sanming University, Sanming, 365004, Fujian, China
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Yang G, Xie Z, Cran M, Wu C, Gray S. Dimensional Nanofillers in Mixed Matrix Membranes for Pervaporation Separations: A Review. MEMBRANES 2020; 10:E193. [PMID: 32825195 PMCID: PMC7559426 DOI: 10.3390/membranes10090193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Pervaporation (PV) has been an intriguing membrane technology for separating liquid mixtures since its commercialization in the 1980s. The design of highly permselective materials used in this respect has made significant improvements in separation properties, such as selectivity, permeability, and long-term stability. Mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs), featuring inorganic fillers dispersed in a polymer matrix to form an organic-inorganic hybrid, have opened up a new avenue to facilely obtain high-performance PV membranes. The combination of inorganic fillers in a polymer matrix endows high flexibility in designing the required separation properties of the membranes, in which various fillers provide specific functions correlated to the separation process. This review discusses recent advances in the use of nanofillers in PV MMMs categorized by dimensions including zero-, one-, two- and three-dimensional nanomaterials. Furthermore, the impact of the nanofillers on the polymer matrix is described to provide in-depth understanding of the structure-performance relationship. Finally, the applications of nanofillers in MMMs for PV separation are summarized.
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- Guang Yang
- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia; (G.Y.); (M.C.)
- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia; (G.Y.); (M.C.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, Institute of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China;
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- Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia; (G.Y.); (M.C.)
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Cao Z, Xia C, Jia W, Qing W, Zhang W. Enhancing bioethanol productivity by a yeast-immobilized catalytically active membrane in a fermentation-pervaporation coupling process. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Fan S, Liu J, Tang X, Wang W, Xiao Z, Qiu B, Wang Y, Jian S, Qin Y, Wang Y. Process operation performance of PDMS membrane pervaporation coupled with fermentation for efficient bioethanol production. Chin J Chem Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Enhanced filtration performance and anti-biofouling properties of antibacterial polyethersulfone membrane for fermentation broth concentration. J IND ENG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2018.12.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Flores A, Wang X, Nielsen DR. Recent trends in integrated bioprocesses: aiding and expanding microbial biofuel/biochemical production. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2019; 57:82-87. [PMID: 30877994 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Microbial biosynthesis of fuels and chemicals represents a promising route for their renewable production. Product toxicity, however, represents a common challenge limiting the efficacy of this approach. Integrated bioprocesses incorporating in situ product separation are poised to help address this intrinsic problem, but suffer their own unique shortcomings. To improve and expand the utility of this versatile bioprocessing strategy, recent innovations have focused on developing more effective separation materials and novel process configurations, as well as adapting designs to accommodate semi-continuous modes of operation. As a result, integrated bioprocesses are finding new applications to aid the biosynthesis of an ever-growing list of bioproducts. Emerging applications, meanwhile, are exploring the further expansion of such designs to interface microbial and chemical catalysts, leading to new and versatile routes for the one-pot synthesis of an even greater diversity of renewable products.
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- Andrew Flores
- Chemical Engineering Program, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, United States
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- Chemical Engineering Program, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, United States.
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Xu S, Zhang H, Yu F, Zhao X, Wang Y. Enhanced ethanol recovery of PDMS mixed matrix membranes with hydrophobically modified ZIF-90. Sep Purif Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.05.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zhang Q, Wei Y, Han H, Weng C. Enhancing bioethanol production from water hyacinth by new combined pretreatment methods. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 251:358-363. [PMID: 29291533 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.12.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Revised: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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This study investigated the possibility of enhancing bioethanol production by combined pretreatment methods for water hyacinth. Three different kinds of pretreatment methods, including microbial pretreatment, microbial combined dilute acid pretreatment, and microbial combined dilute alkaline pretreatment, were investigated for water hyacinth degradation. The results showed that microbial combined dilute acid pretreatment is the most effective method, resulting in the highest cellulose content (39.4 ± 2.8%) and reducing sugars production (430.66 mg·g-1). Scanning Electron Microscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer analysis indicated that the basic tissue of water hyacinth was significantly destroyed. Compared to the other previously reported pretreatment methods for water hyacinth, which did not append additional cellulase and microbes for hydrolysis process, the microbial combined dilute acid pretreatment of our research could achieve the highest reducing sugars. Moreover, the production of bioethanol could achieve 1.40 g·L-1 after fermentation, which could provide an extremely promising way for utilization of water hyacinth.
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- Qiuzhuo Zhang
- Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China.
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- Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240 Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China
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Santos ELI, Rostro-Alanís M, Parra-Saldívar R, Alvarez AJ. A novel method for bioethanol production using immobilized yeast cells in calcium-alginate films and hybrid composite pervaporation membrane. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 247:165-173. [PMID: 28950123 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Fermentation of sugar for production of ethanol was carried out using Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells immobilized in calcium alginate films. Thin films of calcium alginate casted on a microchannel surface were used instead of the typical spherical bead configuration. Yeast immobilized on alginate films produced a higher ethanol yield than free yeast cells under the same fermentation conditions. Also, a silicalite-1/poly dimethyl siloxane composite pervaporation membrane was synthesized for ethanol separation, and characterized with flux and separation factor. The composite membrane synthesized with a 3-1 ratio of silicalite-1 to poly dimethyl siloxane showed promising results, with a flux of 140.6g/m2h±19.3 and a separation factor of 37.52±3.55. Thus, the performance of both the alginate film with immobilized cells and the customized hybrid membrane suggests they could have an interesting potential application in an integrated reaction-separation device for the production and purification of bioethanol.
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- Eduardo Leal Isla Santos
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey, N.L. 64849, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey, N.L. 64849, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey, N.L. 64849, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey, N.L. 64849, Mexico.
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Li W, Pan F, Song Y, Wang M, Wang H, Walker S, Wu H, Jiang Z. Construction of molecule-selective mixed matrix membranes with confined mass transfer structure. Chin J Chem Eng 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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