Ultrafiltration of α-lactalbumin protein : acquaintance of the filtration performance by membrane structure and surface alteration

• Main Authors: Nasrul Arahman, Cut Meurah Rosnelly, Yusni Yusni, Afrillia Fahrina, Silmina Silmina, Aulia Chintia Ambarita, Muhammad Roil Bilad, Gunawan, Poernomo, Rajabzadeh, Saeid, Takagi, Ryosuke, Matsuyama, Hideto, Muhammad Aziz
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering::Polymers and polymer manufacture; Engineering::Chemical engineering::Processes and operations; Polyethersulfone; α-Lactalbumin; Carbon Nanotubes; Membrane Separation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153451
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

α-Lactalbumin is an essential protein with multiple roles in physiological and the nutritional functionalities, such as diabetic prevention, blood pressure stabilization, and cancer cell inhibition. In the present work, polyethersulfone (PES)-based membranes were developed by incorporating Pluronic...