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Li D, Chen Z, Zhang F, Zhang Z, Chen C, Zhang D, Xu X. Nano-tentacled interconnected channels organic gel for rapid uranium extraction from seawater. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 480:135784. [PMID: 39265394 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2024] [Revised: 08/24/2024] [Accepted: 09/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/14/2024]
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Due to dwindling terrestrial uranium resources and escalating ecological pressures, the long-term viability of uranium supply has become a critical concern. The immense uranium reserves in seawater present a potential solution, yet extraction technology faces dual challenges of efficiency and adaptability to complex marine environments. Current interconnected porous adsorbents, despite their high flux properties, are limited by low specific surface area and weak mechanical strength, which constrain their effectiveness. Here, inspired by the unique hierarchical structures of marine organisms, we describe an organic gel adsorbent with supermacroporous and interconnected channels (10 ∼ 100 µm) adorned with "nano-tentacle" structures. This design significantly enhances the specific surface area by 18 times, increasing adsorption sites and imparting antibacterial properties. Notably, this adsorbent maintains structural integrity and superior mechanical strength (1.32 MPa tensile and 2.44 MPa compressive strength) even when fully saturated. During a 23-day trial in natural seawater, a uranium adsorption rate of 0.332 mg g⁻¹ day⁻¹ was achieved. This work offers a pioneering approach for the design and fabrication of hierarchical structured adsorbents, highlighting the immense potential of extracting uranium from seawater for sustainable energy production.
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- Dagang Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China
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- School of New Materials and Shoes and Clothing Engineering, Liming Vocational University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, China; Applied Technology Engineering Center of Fujian Provincial Higher Education for Practical Chemical Material, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China
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- School of New Materials and Shoes and Clothing Engineering, Liming Vocational University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, China; Applied Technology Engineering Center of Fujian Provincial Higher Education for Practical Chemical Material, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China; Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen 517182, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China.
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Li M, Joung D, Kozinski JA, Hwang DK. Fabrication of Highly Porous Nonspherical Particles Using Stop-Flow Lithography and the Study of Their Optical Properties. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:184-190. [PMID: 27933811 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A microfluidic flow lithography approach was investigated to synthesize highly porous nonspherical particles and Janus particles in a one-step and high-throughput fashion. In this study, using common solvents as porogens, we were able to synthesize highly porous particles with different shapes using ultraviolet (UV) polymerization-induced phase separation in a microfluidic channel. We also studied the pore-forming process using operating parameters such as porogen type, porogen concentration, and UV intensity to tune the pore size and increase the pore size to submicron levels. By simply coflowing multiple streams in the microfluidic channel, we were able to create porous Janus particles; we showed that their anisotropic swelling/deswelling exhibit a unique optical shifting. The distinctive optical properties and the enlarged surface area of the highly porous particles can improve their performance in various applications such as optical sensors and drug loading.
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- Minggan Li
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University , 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada
- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital , 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST) , A partnership between Ryerson University and St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University , 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada
- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital , 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST) , A partnership between Ryerson University and St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
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- Lassonde School of Engineering, York University , 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University , 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada
- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital , 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST) , A partnership between Ryerson University and St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
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Wang B, Prinsen P, Wang H, Bai Z, Wang H, Luque R, Xuan J. Macroporous materials: microfluidic fabrication, functionalization and applications. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:855-914. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00065c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This article provides an up-to-date highly comprehensive overview (594 references) on the state of the art of the synthesis and design of macroporous materials using microfluidics and their applications in different fields.
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- Bingjie Wang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process
- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica
- Universidad de Cordoba
- Campus de Rabanales
- Cordoba
- Spain
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- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process
- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process
- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica
- Universidad de Cordoba
- Campus de Rabanales
- Cordoba
- Spain
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- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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Tao SP, Wang C, Sun Y. Coating of nanoparticles on cryogel surface and subsequent double-modification for enhanced ion-exchange capacity of protein. J Chromatogr A 2014; 1359:76-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Revised: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Podkościelna B. The Use of Bis[4(2-hydroxy-3-methacryloyloxypropoxy)phenyl]sulfide in Preparation of Microspheres with Pendant Amine Groups as a Heavy Metal Sorbent. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2012.756032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Yun J, Tu C, Lin DQ, Xu L, Guo Y, Shen S, Zhang S, Yao K, Guan YX, Yao SJ. Microchannel liquid-flow focusing and cryo-polymerization preparation of supermacroporous cryogel beads for bioseparation. J Chromatogr A 2012; 1247:81-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.05.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Podkościelna B. Synthesis, modification, and porous properties of new glycidyl methacrylate copolymers. J Appl Polym Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/app.33420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Dubinsky S, Park JI, Gourevich I, Chan C, Deetz M, Kumacheva E. Toward Controlling the Surface Morphology of Macroporous Copolymer Particles. Macromolecules 2009. [DOI: 10.1021/ma802813v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Stanislav Dubinsky
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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Dubinsky S, Zhang H, Nie Z, Gourevich I, Voicu D, Deetz M, Kumacheva E. Microfluidic Synthesis of Macroporous Copolymer Particles. Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma800300d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Stanislav Dubinsky
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada, and Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0904
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Unsal E, Irmak T, Durusoy E, Tuncel M, Tuncel A. Monodisperse porous polymer particles with polyionic ligands for ion exchange separation of proteins. Anal Chim Acta 2006; 570:240-8. [PMID: 17723405 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2006.04.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2005] [Revised: 04/06/2006] [Accepted: 04/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A new "grafting to" strategy was proposed for the preparation of polymer based ion exchange supports carrying polymeric ligands in the form of weak or strong ion exchangers. Monodisperse porous poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate), poly(GMA-co-EDM) particles 5.9 microm in size were synthesized by "modified seeded polymerization". Poly(2,3-dihydroxypropyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate), poly(DHPM-co-EDM) particles were then obtained by the acidic hydrolysis of poly(GMA-co-EDM) particles. The hydroxyl functionalized beads were treated with 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate to have covalently linked methacrylate groups on the particle surface. The selected monomers carrying weak or strong ionizable groups (2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propane sulfonic acid, AMPS; 2-dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate, DMAEM and N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl] methacrylamide, DMAPM) were subsequently grafted onto the particles via immobilized methacrylate groups. The final polymer based materials with polyionic ligands were tried as chromatographic packing in the separation of proteins by ion exchange chromatography. The proteins were successfully separated both in the anion and cation exchange mode with higher column yields with respect to the previously proposed materials. The plate heights obtained for poly(AMPS) and poly(DMAEM) grafted poly(DHPM-co-EDM) particles by using proteins as the analytes were 80 and 200 microm, respectively. Additionally, the plate height exhibited no significant increase with the increasing linear flow rate in the range of 1-20 cm/min. The most important property of the proposed strategy is to be applicable for the synthesis of any type of ion exchanger both in the strong and weak form.
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- Ender Unsal
- Hacettepe University, Chemical Engineering Department, Beytepe 06352, Ankara, Turkey
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Menéndez M, Paredes B, Iglesias O, Rendueles M, Díaz M. Rheological Behavior and Organoleptic Effects of Ovalbumin Addition in Yogurt Mousse Production. J Dairy Sci 2006; 89:951-62. [PMID: 16507689 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(06)72160-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yogurt mousse is a novel, high added-value dairy product that has been well received by the market. This paper presents a study of the effect of the addition of ovalbumin to the product on its rheological and organoleptic qualities. The ovalbumin was previously separated from egg white with a high grade of purity using an ion exchange resin synthesized by the authors. Diverse rheological tests at different temperatures and corresponding sensorial assessments were conducted to compare samples without and with added ovalbumin. The obtained results confirm that the product is viscoelastic and combines the properties of foams and emulsions; the elastic component is greater than the viscous component. Moreover, at temperatures ranging from 5 to 15 degrees C, a usual interval of consumption, the product behaves rheologically in a similar way. Conversely, the addition of ovalbumin under the assayed conditions also makes the elastic character of the product increase at a given temperature. Finally, the sensorial assessment tests and determinations of stability and volume yield enabled us to verify that the addition of ovalbumin at an amount of 1.3% hardly alters the stability, resistance to shear stress, or the texture and improves the degree of foaming. Therefore, the product with additive is of good commercial quality.
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- M Menéndez
- Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology Department, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Yao K, Yun J, Shen S, Wang L, He X, Yu X. Characterization of a novel continuous supermacroporous monolithic cryogel embedded with nanoparticles for protein chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2006; 1109:103-10. [PMID: 16455092 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2006.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2005] [Revised: 11/23/2005] [Accepted: 01/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A novel continuous supermacroporous monolithic cryogel embedded with nanometer-size particles was prepared by the radical cryogenic co-polymerization of acrylamide (AAm), N,N'-methylene-bis-acrylamide (MBAAm), allyl glycidyl ether (AGE) and the dispersed surfactant-stabilized Fe3O4 nanoparticles under the freezing-temperature variation condition in a glass column. This special separation matrix has interconnected supermacropores with pore size of 10-50 microm, which permit the free-passage of microbial cells or cell debris in the culture fluids and then is interest in downstream processes. The axial liquid dispersion coefficients of the new continuous supermacroporous monolithic bed at different liquid flow rates were obtained by measuring residence time distributions (RTDs) using tracer pulse-response method. The experimental results showed that the axial liquid dispersion within the bed was weak in a wide water flow rate of 0.5-15 cm/min. The axial dispersion coefficient was found to be increased exponentially with the increase of liquid flow rate. Chromatographic process of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in the cryogel monolithic bed was carried out to reveal the protein breakthrough and elution characteristics. Compared with other reported cryogel beds in literature, the protein adsorption capacity of the present cryogel bed was improved due to the embedded nano-sized solid adsorbents in the gel matrix. Microstructure morphology of the embedded nanoparticles in the cryogel and the gel matrix structure were also analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in this paper.
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- Kejian Yao
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China.
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PAREDES B, GONZALEZ S, RENDUELES M, DIAZ M. CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION AT A PREPARATIVE SCALE OF EGG WHITE OVALBUMIN AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE ELABORATION OF YOGURT MOUSSE. J FOOD PROCESS ENG 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4530.2006.00048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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