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    Mechanisms for the ultrasonic enhancement of dairy whey ultrafiltration
    Muthukumaran, S ; Kentish, SE ; Ashokkumar, M ; Stevens, GW (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2005-08-01)
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    The use of ultrasonic cleaning for ultrafiltration membranes in the dairy industry
    Muthukumaran, S ; Yang, K ; Seuren, A ; Kentish, S ; Ashokkumar, M ; Stevens, GW ; Grieser, F (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2004-10)
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    Surface Engineering of Polypropylene Membranes with Carbonic Anhydrase-Loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Improved Carbon Dioxide Hydration
    Yong, JKJ ; Cui, J ; Cho, KL ; Stevens, GW ; Caruso, F ; Kentish, SE (AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2015-06-09)
    Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is a native enzyme that facilitates the hydration of carbon dioxide into bicarbonate ions. This study reports the fabrication of thin films of active CA enzyme onto a porous membrane substrate using layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly. Deposition of multilayer films consisting of polyelectrolytes and CA was monitored by quartz crystal microgravimetry, while the enzymatic activity was assayed according to the rates of p-nitrophenylacetate (p-NPA) hydrolysis and CO2 hydration. The fabrication of the films onto a nonporous glass substrate showed CO2 hydration rates of 0.52 ± 0.09 μmol cm(-2) min(-1) per layer of bovine CA and 2.6 ± 0.7 μmol cm(-2) min(-1) per layer of a thermostable microbial CA. The fabrication of a multilayer film containing the microbial CA on a porous polypropylene membrane increased the hydration rate to 5.3 ± 0.8 μmol cm(-2) min(-1) per layer of microbial CA. The addition of mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a film layer prior to enzyme adsorption was found to increase the activity on the polypropylene membranes even further to a rate of 19 ± 4 μmol cm(-2) min(-1) per layer of microbial CA. The LbL treatment of these membranes increased the mass transfer resistance of the membrane but decreased the likelihood of membrane pore wetting. These results have potential application in the absorption of carbon dioxide from combustion flue gases into aqueous solvents using gas-liquid membrane contactors.
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    Click poly(ethylene glycol) multilayers on RO membranes: Fouling reduction and membrane characterization
    Wang, C ; Such, GK ; Widjaya, A ; Lomas, H ; Stevens, G ; Caruso, F ; Kentish, SE (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2012-08-01)
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    Hydrodynamic boundary conditions and dynamic forces between bubbles and surfaces
    Manor, O ; Vakarelski, IU ; Tang, X ; O'Shea, SJ ; Stevens, GW ; Grieser, F ; Dagastine, RR ; Chan, DYC (AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2008-07-11)
    Dynamic forces between a 50 microm radius bubble driven towards and from a mica plate using an atomic force microscope in electrolyte and in surfactant exhibit different hydrodynamic boundary conditions at the bubble surface. In added surfactant, the forces are consistent with the no-slip boundary condition at the mica and bubble surfaces. With no surfactant, a new boundary condition that accounts for the transport of trace surface impurities explains variations of dynamic forces at different speeds and provides a direct connection between dynamic forces and surface transport effects at the air-water interface.