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Georges Belfort
Researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Publications - 284
Citations - 14732
Georges Belfort is an academic researcher from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Membrane & Membrane fouling. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 279 publications receiving 13908 citations. Previous affiliations of Georges Belfort include University of California, Irvine & Chevron Corporation.
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The behavior of suspensions and macromolecular solutions in crossflow microfiltration
TL;DR: In this article, a review of microfiltration is presented, focusing on the formation of cakes, the behavior of suspension flows and particle transport in simple geometry ducts, and the formation and behavior of fouling layers including those resulting from macromolecules, colloids and particles.
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Surface modification of ultrafiltration membranes by low temperature plasma II. Graft polymerization onto polyacrylonitrile and polysulfone
Mathias Ulbricht,Georges Belfort +1 more
TL;DR: Hydrophilized PSf-g-HEMA membranes can provide improved performance in protein ultrafiltration over unmodified PSf UF membranes because pore etching effects are compensated for by the grafted layer yielding both improved filtrate flux (>30%) and protein retention of bovine serum albumin.
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Effect of surface wettability on the adhesion of proteins.
TL;DR: It is demonstrated for the first time that all seven proteins tested behave similarly with respect to adhesion exhibiting a step increase in adhesion as wettability of the solid substrate decreases.
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Surface modification of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes and fouling by BSA solutions
TL;DR: In this article, five different chemically modified versions of polysulfone were prepared via two different homogeneous chemical reaction pathways, and each membrane was then exposed to deionized water, 0.08 g/l bovine serum albumin solution and deionised water using a standard filtration procedure to simulate protein fouling and cleaning potential.
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Photochemical modification of 10 kDa polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes for reduction of biofouling
TL;DR: In this article, photolysis using ultraviolet light and graft polymerization of hydrophilic monomers onto the membrane surface was used to create more hyrophilic and lower fouling membrane surfaces.