Micellar Enhanced Ultrafiltration (MEUF) of different phenolic derivatives including para-coumaric acid, vanillic acid, and tyrosol, in aqueous solutions has been studied. The MEUF experiments were conducted using an anionic surfactant, namely, Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS). Two polyethersulfone membranes with different molecular weight cut-off (20 kDa and 50 kDa) were used. Experiments were con...

BACKGROUND In heroin injectors, there have been a number of outbreaks caused by spore-forming bacteria, causing serious infections such as anthrax or botulism. These are, most likely, caused by injecting contaminated heroin, and our aim was to develop a filter that efficiently removes these bacteria and is also likely to be acceptable for use by people who inject drugs (i.e. quick, simple and n...

In this study, an ultrasonic irradiation technique was utilized to mitigate the fouling of polyethersulfone (PES) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes. The use of ultrasound at 20 kHz was applied to a dead-end microfiltration cell in order to mitigate fouling caused by the presence of colloidal bentonite particles. The effect of ultrasonic power and pulse duration on the permeate flux r...

A nano porous polyethersulfone (PES) membrane is widely used for aspects of nanofiltration, such as purification, fractionation and dialysis. However, the low-blood-compatibility characteristic of PES membrane causes platelets and blood cells to stick to the surface of the membrane and degrades ions diffusion through membrane, which further limits its application for dialysis systems. In this s...

0079-6425/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Lt http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2012.07.002 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +86 28 85400453; E-mail addresses: [email protected], zhao Significant progress has been achieved in the last years on the modification of polyethersulfone (PES) membranes. Many articles and reviews have been written on the development in the area of PES membrane modif...

BACKGROUND Current modalities of renal replacement therapy allow only a limited removal of larger, possibly toxic molecules, which accumulate in uraemia. Recently, a haemodiafilter has been made available with the new, high-flux, polyethersulfone-based membrane DIAPES HF800. We performed a study to compare DIAPES HF800 with two conventional high-flux membranes in on-line haemodiafiltration (HDF...

The purification of virus particles and viral vectors for vaccine and gene therapy applications is gaining increasing importance in order to deliver a fast, efficient, and reliable production process. Ultrafiltration (UF) is a widely employed unit operation in bioprocessing and its use is present in several steps of the downstream purification train of biopharmaceuticals. However, to date few s...

Nanofiber mats of polyether sulfone/nano hydroxyapatite (PES/nHA) were prepared by electrospinning technique. The fabricated composites were characterized using FTIR, XRD and SEM. The composite nanofiber mats were subjected to in vitro biological studies namely bioactivity, haemocompatibility and cytocompatibility. The XRD analysis showed an increase in the amorphous nature of the composite wit...

The dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans is the most destructive fungal agent of wood building materials in Europe, Russia, North America, and Japan. identification this wood-deteriorating discrimination different isolates very important for control buildings general preservation cultural heritage particular. objective study was to develop a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) method coupled with par...