Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100129
Weiwang Lim , Wen He , Ji Ma , Shabi Ul Hassan , Jingcheng Du , Qian Sun , Dong Cao , Jian Guan , Hongjun Zhang , Jiangtao Liu
Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) are crucial for CO2 separation and offer a potential solution to overcome conventional gas separation. Nevertheless, MMMs face challenges due to interfacial defects in membranes, which results in poor gas separation performance. In this study, γ-cyclodextrin (γ-CD) based MMMs were synthesized via a simple solution casting method. γ-CD could be molecularly dispersed in Matrimid matrix up to 3 wt% loading without defects at the interfaces in membranes. ATR-FTIR results showed that γ-CD based MMMs have significant peak with loading increases. Leveraging the high CO2 solubility and high porosity of γ-CD, Matrimid/γ-CD based membranes exhibit improved CO2/CH4 selectivity. Especially, the CO2 permeability of Matrimid-3%-CD membrane increased by 40 % (from 13.35 to 18.71 Barrer) and CO2/CH4 increased by 99 % (from 36.08 to 71.96), respectively compared to pristine Matrimid membrane. This demonstrates that the incorporation of γ-CD in Matrimid membrane significantly improves both permeability and selectivity. The Matrimid-γ-CD membrane also demonstrated superior long-term operation stability after aging 593 days. Thus, this study lays the foundation for the development of γ-CD-based membranes with high CO2/CH4 selectivity, providing potential pathways for CO2 separation processes in CO2/CH4 separation.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100143
Shilong Qi , Rong Fan , Xinwei Su , Hao Zhang , Yingzi Cui , Benkun Qi , Xiangrong Chen , Yinhua Wan , Jianquan Luo
Membrane-based sterilization and virus removal have become an essential approach for Quality Control and Quality Assurance in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, offering significant advantages over traditional thermal and chemical methods. This green technology preserves drug integrity without chemical additives. However, the complex interactions between biomolecules and membrane surfaces often lead to membrane fouling and potential microbial breakthrough. This review first comprehensively interprets the physiochemical properties differences among four biopharmaceuticals (protein, nucleic acid, glycoconjugate vaccine and virus), and then, analyzed the major challenges facing in four biopharmaceuticals sterilization and virus removal. The separation mechanisms of sterilization and virus removal are discussed focusing on both physical (size exclusion) and chemical (electrostatic interactions, hydrophobic adsorption) properties. Particular attention is given to membrane fouling mechanisms and advanced mitigation strategies at the membrane-biomolecule interface. By integrating fundamental scientific principles with practical engineering considerations, this review offers valuable insights for optimizing downstream bioprocessing and advancing membrane technology in the biopharmaceutical industry.
{"title":"Membrane technology for sterilization and virus elimination of biopharmaceuticals: Fouling matters","authors":"Shilong Qi , Rong Fan , Xinwei Su , Hao Zhang , Yingzi Cui , Benkun Qi , Xiangrong Chen , Yinhua Wan , Jianquan Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Membrane-based sterilization and virus removal have become an essential approach for Quality Control and Quality Assurance in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, offering significant advantages over traditional thermal and chemical methods. This green technology preserves drug integrity without chemical additives. However, the complex interactions between biomolecules and membrane surfaces often lead to membrane fouling and potential microbial breakthrough. This review first comprehensively interprets the physiochemical properties differences among four biopharmaceuticals (protein, nucleic acid, glycoconjugate vaccine and virus), and then, analyzed the major challenges facing in four biopharmaceuticals sterilization and virus removal. The separation mechanisms of sterilization and virus removal are discussed focusing on both physical (size exclusion) and chemical (electrostatic interactions, hydrophobic adsorption) properties. Particular attention is given to membrane fouling mechanisms and advanced mitigation strategies at the membrane-biomolecule interface. By integrating fundamental scientific principles with practical engineering considerations, this review offers valuable insights for optimizing downstream bioprocessing and advancing membrane technology in the biopharmaceutical industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143769142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Levulinic acid (LA), formic acid (FA), and furfural were separated from an aqueous solution using membrane contactors with organic solvents. The aqueous mixture, simulating LA production's biomass hydrolysate from, contained 7 % LA, 3 % FA, and 4 % FF by weight. The mass transfer coefficients of solutes followed the order: methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) > toluene > 2-propanol > 1-octanol, while solute extraction followed FF > FA > LA. FF extraction was more dominated by the resistance of aqueous phase compared to other solutes. The membrane mass transfer resistances could not be neglected and affected the overall mass transfer performance. Using the membrane contactor could improve the FF selectivity compared to an equilibrium extraction technique. The FA selectivity over LA was investigated and a reactive organic solvent such as Aliquat336 in MIBK as well as replacing the organic phase with another aqueous phase enhanced the FA selectivity.
{"title":"Mass transfer in membrane contactors for separating levulinic acid, formic acid, and furfural from biomass hydrolysate with physical organic solvents","authors":"Chatcha Saengsen , Laksamee Jeanmard , Litavadee Chuaboon , Wichitpan Rongwong","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100151","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100151","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Levulinic acid (LA), formic acid (FA), and furfural were separated from an aqueous solution using membrane contactors with organic solvents. The aqueous mixture, simulating LA production's biomass hydrolysate from, contained 7 % LA, 3 % FA, and 4 % FF by weight. The mass transfer coefficients of solutes followed the order: methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) > toluene > 2-propanol > 1-octanol, while solute extraction followed FF > FA > LA. FF extraction was more dominated by the resistance of aqueous phase compared to other solutes. The membrane mass transfer resistances could not be neglected and affected the overall mass transfer performance. Using the membrane contactor could improve the FF selectivity compared to an equilibrium extraction technique. The FA selectivity over LA was investigated and a reactive organic solvent such as Aliquat336 in MIBK as well as replacing the organic phase with another aqueous phase enhanced the FA selectivity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144099674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100158
Dinesh K. Behera , Fan Wang , Bratin Sengupta , Qiaobei Dong , Weiwei Xu , Shiguang Li , Miao Yu
The release of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere remains a critical challenge in addressing climate change, with emissions from power plants being a primary contributor. Membrane-based separation processes offer cost-effective, robust, and energy efficient alternatives to CO2 capture from power plants. Ionic liquids (IL), known for their high CO2 affinity, low vapor pressure, and high thermal stability, are propitious materials for such separations. In this study, we try to address major challenges currently restricting IL-based membranes including the porous structure for loading IL and the loading procedure onto the porous structure. An ultrathin (∼230 nm) 2–dimensional composite network comprising of graphene oxide (GO) sheets intercalated carbon nanotubes (CNT) spatially confining IL targeting high CO2 permeance was designed and fabricated. An IL, 1-ethyl-3 methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([EMIM][BF4] was used as the active separating medium. This GO/CNT hybrid network not only stabilizes the IL within the nanochannels because of interactions between cations of IL and negatively charged functional groups on GO (carboxyl, hydroxyl and carboxy groups) but also facilitates faster transport (increased nanochannels because of CNT incorporation) yielding a CO2 permeance of ∼600 GPU (one order of magnitude higher than reported membranes employing the same ionic liquid) and a CO2/N2 selectivity of 62 under humid conditions and elevated temperatures (up to 80 °C). Our approach provides a modified strategy of using ionic liquids in the solution form as opposed to most studies using pure form for obtaining a scalable, ultrathin, stable supported IL membrane.
{"title":"Restricting ionic liquid in a network comprising of GO/CNT as a separation membrane for efficient CO2 capture","authors":"Dinesh K. Behera , Fan Wang , Bratin Sengupta , Qiaobei Dong , Weiwei Xu , Shiguang Li , Miao Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The release of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) to the atmosphere remains a critical challenge in addressing climate change, with emissions from power plants being a primary contributor. Membrane-based separation processes offer cost-effective, robust, and energy efficient alternatives to CO<sub>2</sub> capture from power plants. Ionic liquids (IL), known for their high CO<sub>2</sub> affinity, low vapor pressure, and high thermal stability, are propitious materials for such separations. In this study, we try to address major challenges currently restricting IL-based membranes including the porous structure for loading IL and the loading procedure onto the porous structure. An ultrathin (∼230 nm) 2–dimensional composite network comprising of graphene oxide (GO) sheets intercalated carbon nanotubes (CNT) spatially confining IL targeting high CO<sub>2</sub> permeance was designed and fabricated. An IL, 1-ethyl-3 methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([EMIM][BF<sub>4</sub>] was used as the active separating medium. This GO/CNT hybrid network not only stabilizes the IL within the nanochannels because of interactions between cations of IL and negatively charged functional groups on GO (carboxyl, hydroxyl and carboxy groups) but also facilitates faster transport (increased nanochannels because of CNT incorporation) yielding a CO<sub>2</sub> permeance of ∼600 GPU (one order of magnitude higher than reported membranes employing the same ionic liquid) and a CO<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> selectivity of 62 under humid conditions and elevated temperatures (up to 80 °C). Our approach provides a modified strategy of using ionic liquids in the solution form as opposed to most studies using pure form for obtaining a scalable, ultrathin, stable supported IL membrane.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100162
Wanshuang Zhou , Cong Yu , Qiang Chen , Shi-Peng Sun , Xinbo Wang
Enantioselective recognition and separation of chiral molecules are pivotal in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields due to their distinct biological activities. Drawing inspiration from biological transmembrane systems, we developed a chiral-selective nanofluidic platform by embedding BINOL-derived stereogenic centers into polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs). The resulting (R)-HBIN-Is membrane mimics the stereoselective capabilities of biological transporters, demonstrating a selectivity coefficient of 2.5 for D-tryptophan over L-tryptophan via electrochemical discrimination. This study marks the new application of PIMs in chiral-selective transmembrane transport, offering significant potential for advancing chiral membrane separation technologies in pharmaceutical production and biomedical diagnostics.
{"title":"Chiral membrane with intrinsic microporosity for enantioselective electrochemical recognition of tryptophan enantiomers","authors":"Wanshuang Zhou , Cong Yu , Qiang Chen , Shi-Peng Sun , Xinbo Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.advmem.2025.100162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Enantioselective recognition and separation of chiral molecules are pivotal in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields due to their distinct biological activities. Drawing inspiration from biological transmembrane systems, we developed a chiral-selective nanofluidic platform by embedding BINOL-derived stereogenic centers into polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs). The resulting (R)-HBIN-Is membrane mimics the stereoselective capabilities of biological transporters, demonstrating a selectivity coefficient of 2.5 for D-tryptophan over L-tryptophan via electrochemical discrimination. This study marks the new application of PIMs in chiral-selective transmembrane transport, offering significant potential for advancing chiral membrane separation technologies in pharmaceutical production and biomedical diagnostics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100033,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Membranes","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144549781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}