Relating the pore size distribution of ultrafiltration membranes to dextran rejection

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 340, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Wickramasinghe, S Ranil ^a   Bower, Shane E ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a   Mukherjee, Abhik ^a   Husson, Scott M ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextran; Log normal distribution; Molecular weight cutoff; Rejection; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; EXPERIMENTAL CURVES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS; REGENERATED CELLULOSE; REJECTION; SOLUTE SPECIES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

DEXTRAN; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GLUCOSE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PORE SIZE; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

DEXTRAN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLUTE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 67649378413     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.04.056     Document Type: Article

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