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Chemistry World
December 10, 2012
Paul Nancarrow |
A fresh approach Morton Denn, author of Chemical Engineering: An Introduction, has successfully written a modern and concise book on this topic.   |
Chemistry World
September 3, 2013
William Bergius |
Better separations with more permeable membranes There is usually a trade-off between selectivity and liquid permeability when making an ultrafiltration membrane but new research from scientists in the US suggests this doesn't have to be the case. |
Chemistry World
November 12, 2012
Holly Sheahan |
Oil loving membranes for oil spill clean-ups Researchers in China have made a new type of membrane that can separate oil from water and could potentially be used in oil spills, such as the one in the Gulf of Mexico. |
Chemistry World
July 4, 2014
Andy Extance |
Molecular sieve membranes look to greener separations US researchers have made molecular sieving fibers that open up new possibilities for large scale chemical separations that use much less energy than conventional distillation methods. |
Chemistry World
June 18, 2015
David Bradley |
Ultra-thin membranes for solute separation Polymer membranes that are extremely thin, yet strong and stable, could cut the costs of separating organic molecules and reduce energy requirements in the chemical industry. |
Chemistry World
January 23, 2011
James Urquhart |
Novel nanoparticle filter Israeli researchers have created a recyclable membrane based on supramolecular linkages that can be used to filter nanoparticles. |
Chemistry World
November 6, 2008
James Mitchell Crow |
Double reactor makes hydrogen and syngas Two chemical reactions key to producing future fuels can be linked together in a single membrane-based reactor to increase their efficiency, say Chinese chemists. |
Chemistry World
March 27, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Membrane Sacs Made in Minutes Strong, flexible, centimetre-sized membrane sacs that could be used to hold cells for study have been developed by chemists in the US. |
Chemistry World
May 19, 2006
Jon Evans |
CNTs Provide Pores for Thought Membranes containing pores made of carbon nanotubes could improve the efficiency of processes such as desalination and removing CO 2 from industrial emissions. |
Chemistry World
October 3, 2013
Jon Cartwright |
Graphene targets water treatment and carbon capture Researchers in South Korea have demonstrated that a membrane based on graphene and graphene oxide makes an effective filter to separate carbon dioxide from nitrogen gas. |
Chemistry World
December 5, 2007
Jonathan Edwards |
Water Cleaning Membrane Shows Hybrid Vigour Scientists in the US have combined naturally-occurring channel proteins with a new polymer to create a membrane that could be used to deliver drugs or purify water. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2005
Kevin T. Higgins |
Not (just) about size Filtration and fractionation are all about different particulate sizes, right? Guess again. Besides drinking water, dairy is the biggest processing application for filtration. Uses for beer, wine and vinegar are growing, as well. |
Chemistry World
September 21, 2010
Hayley Birch |
Self-pumping membrane mimics cell machinery US researchers have imitated the transport functions of biological membranes by incorporating tiny pumps into synthetic membranes. They say their 'self-pumping' mimics could be used in compartment-less fuel cells. |
Chemistry World
April 13, 2011
Fay Nolan-Neylan |
Nanofiltration for better energy storage Scientists in China have found that nanofiltration membranes could enhance the efficiency of vanadium redox flow batteries making them a more viable tool for large-scale energy storage. |
Chemistry World
September 19, 2013
Banholzer & Jones |
Possible versus practical Scientists and engineers must do a better job assessing and explaining the difference between the subset of discoveries that offers practical solutions and the set that is simply possible. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2008 |
Making Seawater Easier to Swallow Researchers based in the US and Korea have developed a membrane that cuts the costs of filtering salt from seawater. |
Chemistry World
August 10, 2015
Kira Welter |
Peptide glue may have held first protocell components together Electrostatic interactions induced by short, positively charged, hydrophobic peptides are all it takes to attach RNA to vesicle membranes. |
Chemistry World
April 4, 2012
Harriet Brewerton |
Speeding up wound healing Scientists in China have developed a material that reduces the time required for a skin wound to heal. |
Chemistry World
February 14, 2007
Lionel Milgrom |
Slim-Line Silicon Speeds up Protein Separation Tough, ultra-slim silicon membranes could drastically improve the performance of lab-on-a-chip micro-analytical systems, kidney dialysis machines and, in the future, even produce an artificial kidney, claim researchers. |
Chemistry World
September 14, 2009
Simon Hadlington |
New 'on-off' membrane for drug delivery A team led by Daniel Kohane of Harvard Medical School in Boston, US, harnessed the thermosensitive properties of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) to form the basis of the new system. |
Chemistry World
February 2, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Artificial membrane harvests light like a cell Photosensitive compounds built into an artificial membrane can capture light energy in the same way as proton pumps found in biological cells. |
