Restoration of the Performance of Membranes Fouled and Wetted in a Pilot-scale Membrane Distillation Process [PDF]
대한환경공학회지Objectives The fouling and wetting of membranes in membrane distillation processes can significantly reduce membrane performance, thereby affecting overall process efficiency.
Joowan Lim +6 more
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The effects of molecular and nanoscopic additives on phospholipid membranes
Frontiers in Physics, 2023 Lipid bilayers—the main matrix of cell membranes—are a paradigm of soft molecular assemblies whose properties have been evolutionarily optimized to satisfy the functional requirements of cells.
Teshani Kumarage +5 more
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Construction of membrane-bound artificial cells using microfluidics: a new frontier in bottom-up synthetic biology [PDF]
, 2016 The quest to construct artificial cells from the bottom-up using simple building blocks has received much attention over recent decades and is one of the grand challenges in synthetic biology.
Elani, Y
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Confined bilayers passively regulate shape and stress [PDF]
, 2013 Lipid membranes are commonly confined to adjacent subcellular structures or to artificial substrates and particles. We develop an experimental and theoretical framework to investigate the mechanics of confined membranes, including the influence of ...
Arroyo Balaguer, Marino +3 more
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Unsupported planar lipid membranes formed from mycolic acids of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Journal of Lipid Research, 2011 The cell wall of mycobacteria includes a thick, robust, and highly impermeable outer membrane made from long-chain mycolic acids. These outer membranes form a primary layer of protection for mycobacteria and directly contribute to the virulence of ...
Kyle W. Langford +3 more
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Biomimetic temperature sensing layer for artificial skins
, 2017 Artificial membranes that are sensitive to temperature are needed in robotics to augment interactions with humans and the environment and in bioengineering to improve prosthetic limbs. Existing flexible sensors achieved sensitivities of
Bonanomi, Luca +4 more
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Journal of Advanced Research, 2017 This review presents the past and current efforts with a brief description on the featured properties of hydrogel membranes fabricated from biopolymers and synthetic ones for wound dressing applications.
Elbadawy A. Kamoun +2 more
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Temporary Membrane Permeabilization via the Pore-Forming Toxin Lysenin
Toxins, 2020 Pore-forming toxins are alluring tools for delivering biologically-active, impermeable cargoes to intracellular environments by introducing large conductance pathways into cell membranes.
Nisha Shrestha +8 more
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Key physicochemical characteristics governing organic micropollutant adsorption and transport in ion-exchange membranes during reverse electrodialysis [PDF]
, 2019 The co-generation of electricity and electrodialysis of seawater in a hybrid system is a promising approach to overcome water scarcity. Reverse electrodialysis harvests energy from the salinity gradient, where seawater is used as a high salinity stream ...
Cornelissen, Emile +7 more
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Preparation of artificial plasma membrane mimicking vesicles with lipid asymmetry. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Lipid asymmetry, the difference in lipid distribution across the lipid bilayer, is one of the most important features of eukaryotic cellular membranes.
Qingqing Lin, Erwin London
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