
Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes
Membrane Processes in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Field
- 1st Edition - October 16, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Angelo Basile, Catherine Charcosset
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 6 0 6 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 6 0 7 - 2
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Request a sales quoteCurrent Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Membrane Processes in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological field presents the main membrane techniques along with their basic principles, mode of operations, and applications. It covers well-known techniques such as ultrafiltration and membrane chromatography, while also exploring emerging membrane technologies which are finding their way in pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, including membrane emulsification, membrane bioreactors, and solvent-resistant nanofiltration. State-of-the-art applications of membrane systems in areas such as drug delivery and virus removal are also investigated by leading experts in the field.
Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Membrane Processes in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological field
is a definitive reference for academics, post-graduates, and researchers in the subjects of biochemical engineering, pharmaceutics, and biotechnology. It is also useful to R&D companies and institutions in these areas, specifically those interested in bioseparations, biopurification, bioproduction, and drug delivery.- Offers an overview of classical membrane-based separation techniques such as ultrafiltration, microfiltration and virus filtration
- Discusses emerging membrane-based separation techniques such as nofiltration in the presence of solvent, membrane emulsification and membrane crystallization
- Outlines their applications to bioseparation, biopurification and bioproduction
- Includes examples in the production of vaccines, antibiotics, biomolecules, drugs, DNA and cells
- Lists membranes systems for drug delivery like liposomes, nanocapsules and bilayer membranes
Academics, post-graduates, researchers, in biochemical engineering, Pharmaceutics, Biotechnology and R&D companies and institutions in the same area. Pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies and a key reference text for R&D managers in pharmaceutics and biotechnology industry interested in bioseparations, biopurification, bioproduction and drug delivery
1. Ultra- and Microfiltration in Dairy Technology
2. Microfiltration in Pharmaceutics and Biotechnology
3. Virus Removal and Virus Purification
4. Nanofiltration in the Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Technology
5. Purification of New Biologicals Using Membrane-Based Processes
6. Membrane Chromatography for Biomolecule Purification
7. Membrane Emulsification in Pharmaceutics and Biotechnology
8. Applications of Membrane Bioreactors in Biotechnology Processes
9. Supported Liquid Membranes in Pharmaceutics and Biotechnology
10. Drug Delivery With Membranes Systems
11. Lipid Membrane Models for Biomembrane Properties’ Investigation
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 16, 2018
- No. of pages (Paperback): 365
- No. of pages (eBook): 365
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128136065
- eBook ISBN: 9780128136072
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Angelo Basile
Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Technical Physics, was a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR as a responsible for the research related to both ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. He is a reviewer for 165 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 50 scientific books and 140 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; with various patens (7 Italian, 2 European, and 1 worldwide). He is a referee of 1more than 150 international scientific journals and a Member of the Editorial Board of more than 20 of them. Basile is also an associate editor of the: Int. J. Hydrogen Energy; Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Eng.; journal Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology; and co-Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol.
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