Through functional membranes prepared

Facilitated Transport of Carbon Dioxide Through Functional Membranes Prepared by Plasma Graft Pofymerization Using Amines as Carrier... 

Amide-containing dibenzo-16-crown-5 compounds, transport of metal perchlorates, 161-165 Amine(s) as carriers, carbon dioxide facilitated transport through functional membranes prepared by plasma graft polymerization, 252-268 Amine solutions, carbon dioxide facilitated transport through supported liquid membranes, 239-250 Amino acid derivatives, use as heavy metal ion carriers, 175-179... 

Disadvantages of the known porous polymeric membrane preparation processes are that they involve additional process steps after the formation of the fiber to come to a final product. It is therefore desirable to have a more efficient preparation process. A new method to prepare structures of any geometry (Figure 3.11c through 3.1 If) and large variety of functionality... 

Binding assay Scintillation counter >30000 Non-functional assay High-through- put Very low information content, quality membrane preparations needed, several possible binding sites for drug action... 

Preparation and characterization of liposomes formed with natural phospholipids were well established. However, in using liposomes for simulation of enzymatic functions, especially in acid-base catalysis, difficulties would be encountered due to their chemicai and morphological instabilities. Thus, bilayer membranes composed of synthetic amphiphiles are more favorable candidates for enzyme mimics. For example, artificial vitamin Bg-dependent enzymes were constructed from catalytic bilayer membranes in combination with a bilayer-forming peptide lipid (10), a hydrophobic vitamin derivative (11), and metal ions (Fig. 5). The catalyst acts as an artificial aminotransferase, showing marked substrate specificity, high enantioselectivity, and turnover behavior for the transamination of a-amino acid with a-keto acids. In addition, the reaction fields provided by the catalytic bilayer membranes are suitable to establish multienzyme systems through functional ahgnments of artificial enzymes and natural ones in a sequential manner. 

Disadvantages of the known porous polymeric membrane preparation processes are that they involve additional process steps after the formation of the fiber to come to a final product. It is therefore desirable to have a more efficient preparation process. A new method to prepare structures of any geometry (Figure 6.13c through f) and large variety of functionality was recently proposed [61]. The authors proposed to incorporate the functionality by dispersion of particles in a polymeric porous structure formed by phase inversion. A slurry of dissolved polymer and particulate material can be cast as a flat film or spun into a fiber and then solidified by a phase inversion process. This concept is nowadays commercialized by Mosaic Systems. The adsorber membranes prepared via this route contain particles tightly held together within a polymeric matrix of different shapes, which can be operated either in stack of microporous flat membranes or as a bundle of solid or hollow-fiber membranes. 

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