Development of a model for membrane filtration of long and flexible macromolecules: Application to predict dextran and linear DNA rejections in ultrafiltration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 336, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 61-70

  Morão, António ^a   Nunes, José C ^a   Sousa, Fani ^a   Amorim, Maria Teresa Pessoa de ^b   Escobar, Isabel C ^c   Queiroz, João A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextran; DNA; Microfiltration; Modeling; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED MODELS; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; FLEXIBLE MOLECULES; FREELY JOINTED CHAINS; ISOFORM; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MODELING; MOLECULAR DIMENSIONS; NARROW PORES; PARTITION COEFFICIENTS; PERMEATE FLUXES; POLYCARBONATE MEMBRANES; PORE RADIUS; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS; STIRRED CELLS; STIRRING SPEED; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

CELL MEMBRANES; DEXTRAN; DNA; GENES; GLUCOSE; MACROMOLECULES; MEMBRANES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

DEXTRAN; DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE MODEL; MICROFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 67349194357     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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