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Advanced Membranes for Protein Chromatography
The market demand for protein therapeutics is increasing rapidly. Considering that >60% of the total bioprocess cost is due to product recovery and purification, high productivity / high resolution separation techniques are needed to meet societal demands. Membrane chromatography is one such tech...
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Affinity and Multimodal Membranes
for Protein ChromatographyPast work has shown that regenerated cellulose (RC) membranes can be functionalized with polymer nanolayers via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) to produce high capacity protein adsorbers. These functionalized membranes have shown competitive binding capacities at a drastically increased...
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Antimicrobial, Antifouling Membranes
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Battery Separator Layers
with Grafted Separators and Thermally-Responsive Ion-TransportBattery separators are membranes that prevent the direct contact of the positive and negative terminals of a battery while allowing ion conductance and preventing electron flow. Battery performance is affected by the following separator properties: porosity, pore-size distribution, thickness value,...
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Clemson University Chbe
Department of Chemical and Bimolecular EngineeringStrong departmental research programs exist in polymer processing, rheology, fiber and film formation, supercritical fluids, separation processes, energy, kinetics and catalysis, biosensors and biochips, and membrane applications.
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Composite and Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes
for CO2 CaptureCarbon dioxide emissions are rising throughout the world as industrialization increases, contributing to global warming. Our goal is to reduce carbon dioxide through filtering flue gas post-combustion using membranes, which could be cheaper and more efficient than present solutions. This has the adv...
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Coupling membranes and dendritic polymers
for advanced water purificationThis project focuses on the incorporation of dendrimers in water filtration systems. Dendrimer coatings on reverse osmosis membranes have been shown to reduce the effects fouling has on the membrane flux. The dendrimer coating needs to be removed when it becomes saturated with foulant. This projec...
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Coupling Small-particle Adsorbents
with Membranes for Trace-contaminant Removal in Water TreatmentThe application of superfine powdered activated carbon (S-PAC) for drinking water treatment is part of recent advances in nanomaterials to develop microporous materials for adsorption. Micro/Ultrafiltration has been proposed as a means of removing S-PAC from the effluent drinking water stream, howev...
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Design of Nanoparticle-liposome Assemblies
as Cell Membrane Analogs for Drug Delivery ApplicationsOur study describes a hydrophilic nanoparticle drug delivery system that utilizes gold nanoparticles (GNPs) with different ligands in tandem with a particle drug carrier, or phospholipid membrane. The drug delivery will be simulated using a fluorescent dye and measuring the leakage rate of the dye f...
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Electrospun Nanofiber Mats
for Environmental Applications
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