Adsorption hydrophobic binding

At present, a wide range of solid substrates are available for protein immobilization. According to the protein attachment strategies, namely, adsorption, affinity binding, and covalent binding, all these substrates can be separated into three main parts. Surfaces like ploy(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS), nitrocellulose, polystyrene, and poly-1-lysine coated glass can adsorb proteins by electrostatic or hydrophobic forces. A potential drawback of such substrates is the difficulty... 

Although original water samples can apply for some techniques, the isolation procedure is essential for better HS characterization with most analytical techniques. The traditional HS isolation method probably is XAD adsorption, which has been widely used for decades in the HS isolation from waters, soils, and organisms. This method can not only isolate HS, but also further separate HS into two fractions (humic acid and fulvic acid). Detailed isolation procedures have been reviewed in previous articles.XAD resins are styrene-divinylbenzene or methyl methacrylate polymer with various hydrophobicities and cross linkages. The resins adsorb dissolved organic matter mainly by hydrophobic binding or weak interactions such as Van Der Waals force, but the exact mechanism of adsorption is still unknown. 

Adsorption (membrane binding) is one mechanism by which hydrophobic compounds such as endotoxins, cytokines, peptides, growth factors, and proteins may be removed... 

For metal desorption from the biomass certain dilute solutions of mineral acids like hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, acetic acid and nitric acid were used [219, 76]. Batch system was carried out to study the desorption of the adsorbed Hg (II) from the biosorbent - immobilized and heat inactivated Trametes versicolor and Pleurotus sajur-caju [8]. Hg (II) ions adsorbed onto the biosorbents were eluted with 10 mmol dm HCl and the results showed that more than 97% of the adsorbed Hg (II) ions were desorbed from the biosorbents. In order to evaluate the feasibility of applying the prepared biosorbents in the heavy metals removal processes, the metal desorption efficiency from loaded biosorbents, and the reusability of the biosorbent in repeated adsorption-desorption operations were determined. The charged species exhibited desorption-resistance fraction whereas the desorption of the neutral form was completely reversible. The difference in sorption and desorption between the neutral and charged species is attributed to the fact that the anionic species sorbs by a more specific exothermic adsorption reaction whereas the neutral form partition by the hydrophobic binding to the soil [206]. Desorption of soil-associated metal ions and possible mechanisms have received considerable attention in literature [148],... 

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