title: Electrospun nanofiber membranes surface functionalized with 3-dimensional nanolayers as an innovative adsorption medium with ultra-high capacity and throughput.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA. Todd.Menkhaus@sdsmt.edu
authors.forename: Todd J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Menkhaus
authors.forename: Hemanthram
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Varadaraju
authors.forename: Lifeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schneiderman
authors.forename: Stephany
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bjustrom
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fong
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D009696:Nucleic Acids; D011506:Proteins