Electrospun nanofiber membranes surface functionalized with 3-dimensional nanolayers as an innovative adsorption medium with ultra-high capacity and throughput.
Electrospun nanofiber membranes surface functionalized with 3D nanolayers through ATRP provide adsorption capacities over 50-times higher than current commercial membrane adsorption systems and over 12-times higher than packed bed resins; additionally, the adsorption kinetics remain 10-times faster than packed bed resins and have over 15-times higher permeance.
Menkhaus
Todd J
TJ
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA. Todd.Menkhaus@sdsmt.edu
Varadaraju
Hemanthram
H
Zhang
Lifeng
L
Schneiderman
Steven
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Bjustrom
Stephany
S
Liu
Li
L
Fong
Hao
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D000327:Adsorption; D001665:Binding Sites; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013499:Surface Properties; D014780:Viruses / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
D009696:Nucleic Acids; D011506:Proteins