Nanomembranes with pore molecules for efficient filtration

Method offers the promise of many possible applications across the chemical and pharmaceutical industries

05-Sep-2022 - A team from Bielefeld University, Queen Mary University of London, Imperial College London (both United Kingdom) and Northwestern University in Evanston (USA) have produced a new breed of polymer nanomembranes with aligned supramolecular macrocycle molecules. These new nanomembranes demonstrate ...

Particles from everyday wall paints can harm living organisms

Novel membrane shows high filtering effects

22-Aug-2022 - Dispersion paints are mostly used in households for painting walls and ceilings. An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Bayreuth has now analysed the chemical composition of two typical dispersion paints and discovered a large number of solid particles in them which are only a ...

New Filtering Method Promises Safer Drinking Water, Improved Industrial Production

Synthetic polymer membranes mimic the highly selective properties of biological cell membranes

09-Sep-2021 - A team of scientists at the Tufts University School of Engineering has developed a new filtering technology inspired by biology that could help curb a drinking water-related disease that affects tens of millions of people worldwide and potentially improve environmental remediation, industrial and ...

How a bath sponge becomes a bio-based industrial filter

New material can be reused many times over

18-Jun-2021 - Researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg developed an innovative material from a cultured marine sponge. When the fibers of the sponge react with a copper-containing ammonia solution, such as that found in the electronics industry, the mineral atacamite is formed. This mineral, which occurs only ...

Environmentally friendly Filter membrane renders viruses harmless

New filter membrane is highly efficient at filtering and inactivating a wide variety of air-​borne and water-​borne viruses: ETH spin-​off holds the patent on this new technology

08-Jun-2021 - Viruses can spread not only via droplets or aerosols like the new coronavirus, but in water, too. In fact, some potentially dangerous pathogens of gastrointestinal diseases are water-​borne viruses. To date, such viruses have been removed from water using nanofiltration or reverse osmosis, but at ...

Heavy charge against water germs

Novel filter systems made from composite materials

05-May-2021 - Removing pathogens from drinking water is especially difficult when the germs are too tiny to be caught by conventional filters. Researchers at Empa and Eawag are developing new materials and processes to free water from pathogenic microorganisms such as viruses Water is life, biology teaches us. ...

New separation technology for biomolecules

i3 Membrane receives 7 figure sum for development and market launch

26-Jan-2021 - Four investors are financing the further growth of i3 Membrane GmbH. High-tech venture capital investor HTGF from Bonn, Germany, and three private investors are together investing a 7 figure sum in the further development and market launch of new separation technology for biological molecules. ...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Siemens Sign Long-Term Cooperation Agreement in the Area of Automation

Siemens becomes a preferred supplier for automation solutions

14-Jun-2018 - The Siemens technology group andSartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, have agreed on long-term cooperation in the area of automation. This agreement provides that Sartorius Stedim Biotech will preferably use Siemens automation ...

Turning jellyfish from a nuisance to useful product

13-Nov-2017 - Global climate change and the human impact on marine ecosystems have led to dramatic decreases in the number of fish in the ocean. It has also had an unforseen side effect: because overfishing decreases the numbers of jellyfish competitors, their blooms are on the rise. The GoJelly project, ...

Pall Corp. Acquires Filter Specialists Inc.

05-May-2014 - Pall Corporation announced it has acquired Filter Specialists Inc. (FSI), a worldwide supplier of filtration products and solutions based in Michigan City, Indiana. “The addition of FSI’s products and technologies to our existing portfolio of filtration solutions is a great fit for Pall. FSI’s ...