ISSN:
1662-8985
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
The effect of plasma treatment on physicochemical properties of a porous polypropylene(PP) membrane was studied. The treated porous membranes were used as substrates for Acetobacterxylinum to grow and produce microbial cellulose pellicle. The effects of modifications onwettability and morphology were correlated with the growth rate of microbial cellulose. The CO2,O2 and N2/H2 plasmas modification not only can increase the hydrophilicity of the membrane butalso enhance the growth of microbial cellulose. For 14 days of cultivation, the amount of microbialcellulose found on O2 treated substrate was approximately 2 folds of that on the untreatedmembranes
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/41/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FAMR.47-50.1371.pdf
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