Designs for size-exclusion separation of macromolecules by densely-engineered mesofilters

SA El-Safty - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
This critical review reports on the up-to-date development designs of mesofilters for
molecular sieving of macromolecules. Tight mesoporous silica nanotubes (NTs) provide a …

Size-selective separations of biological macromolecules on mesocylinder silica arrays

S El-Safty, MA Shenashen - Analytica chimica acta, 2011 - Elsevier
In order to control the design functionality of mesocylinder filters for molecular sieving of
proteins, we fabricated tight mesocylinder silica nanotube (NT) arrays as promising filter …

Fabrication and analytical applications of hybrid mesoporous membranes

A Yamaguchi, N Teramae - Analytical Sciences, 2008 - Springer
Recently, a hybrid mesoporous membrane composed of surfactant-templated mesoporous
silica inside a porous anodic alumina membrane has been developed. Since this membrane …

Nano-model membrane filters for the well-controlled separation of biomolecules

S El-Safty, A Shahat, H Nguyen - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2011 - Elsevier
The separation of proteins into relatively homogeneous groups and sizes is important in
biopharmaceuticals. We developed a simple yet general method for engineering cubic …

Mesoporous silica thin membranes with large vertical mesochannels for nanosize‐based separation

Y Liu, D Shen, G Chen, AA Elzatahry, M Pal… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane separation technologies are of great interest in industrial processes such as
water purification, gas separation, and materials synthesis. However, commercial filtration …

Large three-dimensional mesocage pores tailoring silica nanotubes as membrane filters: nanofiltration and permeation flux of proteins

S El-Safty, A Shahat, MR Awual… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Large three-dimensional (3D) mesocage structures that have multidirectional pore networks
and uniform openings perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of NTs are of particular interest …

Self-standing mesoporous membranes toward highly selective molecular transportation

Y Yamauchi, T Kimura - Chemical Communications, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-standing mesoporous membranes are prepared by full infiltration of ordered
mesoporous silica precursors into textural macrospaces of frequently used cellulose …

Molecular filtration by ultrathin and highly porous silica nanochannel membranes: permeability and selectivity

Q Yang, X Lin, B Su - Analytical chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
An ideal molecular filtration membranes should be highly permeable and selective, thus
desiring the membranes to be ultrathin, be highly porous, and consists of small and uniform …

Self-assembly of a silica–surfactant nanocomposite in a porous alumina membrane

A Yamaguchi, F Uejo, T Yoda, T Uchida, Y Tanamura… - Nature materials, 2004 - nature.com
A mesoporous membrane composed of nanochannels with a uniform diameter has a
potential use for precise size-exclusive separation of molecules. Here, we report a novel …

Ultrathin silica membranes with highly ordered and perpendicular nanochannels for precise and fast molecular separation

X Lin, Q Yang, L Ding, B Su - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
Membranes with the ability of molecular/ionic separation offer potential in many processes
ranging from molecular purification/sensing, to nanofluidics and to mimicking biological …