Plasma and electron-beam processes as pretreatments for enzymatic processes

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-106

  Fatarella, E ^a   Ciabatti, I ^a   Cortez, J ^b,c  

^a Tecnotessile srl   (Italy)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Electron beam; Enzyme; Plasma; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AIR PLASMAS; CHEMICAL ETCHING; DISULPHIDE BONDS; E-BEAM TREATMENT; ELECTRON-BEAM IRRADIATIONS; ENZYMATIC PROCESS; EPICUTICLE; FTIR MEASUREMENTS; GAS PLASMA; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH-POWER; OXIDATION YIELD; PLASMA TREATMENT; POLYMER CHAINS; PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; PRIMARY AMINES; REDUCTION OF OXYGEN; SULPHUR SPECIES; TARGET GROUP; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; WOOL FABRIC;

AMINES; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; ETCHING; FABRICS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SULFUR;

PLASMAS;

AMINE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYMER; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SULFUR;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON BEAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBER; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; PLASMA; WOOL;

EID: 71449094923     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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