Gas-tight triblock-copolymer membranes are converted to CO 2 permeable by insertion of plant aquaporins

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Uehlein, Norbert ^a   Otto, Beate ^a   Eilingsfeld, Adrian ^a   Itel, Fabian ^b   Meier, Wolfgang ^b   Kaldenhoff, Ralf ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYMER; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PH; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERS;

EID: 84864482913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00538     Document Type: Article

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