Protein fouling in carbon nanotubes enhanced ultrafiltration membrane: Fouling mechanism as a function of pH and ionic strength

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 176, Issue , 2017, Pages 323-334

  Lee, Jieun ^a   Jeong, Sanghyun ^b,c   Ye, Yun ^d   Chen, Vicki ^d   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^b   Leiknes, TorOve ^c   Liu, Zongwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine serum albumin; Carbon nanotube membrane; Isoelectric point; Lysozyme; Protein fouling; Solution chemistry

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BODY FLUIDS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENZYMES; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PH EFFECTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRAFILTRATION; YARN;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CARBON NANOTUBE MEMBRANES; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; PROTEIN FOULING; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY;

IONIC STRENGTH;

EID: 85007140973     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: 18733794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.10.061     Document Type: Article

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