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Chemical Processing Cell With Nanostructured Membranes, Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Scott R. Lewis, Saurav Datta
Chemical Processing Cell With Nanostructured Membranes, Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Scott R. Lewis, Saurav Datta
Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Patents
A chemical processing cell includes an upstream membrane and a downstream membrane. The upstream membrane generates a first reaction product. The downstream membrane converts the first reaction product to a second reaction product.
Antibacterial Performance Of Bovine Lactoferrin-Fish Gelatine Electrospun Membranes, J Padrão, Raul Machado, Margarida Casal, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez, L R. Rodrigues, F Dourado, Vitor Sencadas
Antibacterial Performance Of Bovine Lactoferrin-Fish Gelatine Electrospun Membranes, J Padrão, Raul Machado, Margarida Casal, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez, L R. Rodrigues, F Dourado, Vitor Sencadas
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
The increase of antibiotic resistant microorganisms urged the development and synthesis of novel antimicrobial biomaterials to be employed in a broad range of applications, ranging from food packaging to medical devices. This work describes the production and characterization of a protein-based electrospun fibrous membranes bearing antimicrobial properties. Its composition is exclusively comprised of proteins, with fish gelatine as structural matrix and bovine lactoferrin (bLF) as the active antimicrobial agent. The bLF bactericidal effect was determined against clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus through microdilution assays. Two distinctive methods were used to incorporate bLF into the fish gelatine nanofibres: …