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- Nordin, Lisa, 1981-, et al.
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Measurement and prediction of dewatering characteristics for mechanical pulps using optical fibre analyzers
- 2009
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Ingår i: Proceedings - 2009 International Mechanical Pulping Conference, IMPC 2009. ; , s. 309-316
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this work was to obtain an on-line measurement for dewatering behaviour in the wire section based on fibre and fines characteristics. Four laboratory dewatering equipments were compared and the fibre characteristics were measured by means of optical fibre analyzers. The results show that rough correlations do appear to exist between the dewatering equipments; however they rank the pulps differently depending on the raw wood material used and whether the refining conditions are mild or harsh. The prediction models based on fibre characteristics showed a high degree of statistical accuracy. The descriptions, however, proved not to be sufficiently good with regards to the dewatering behaviour for them to be used in relation to on-line applications. This might have been because consideration was not given to some important variables which do, in fact, have a significant impact on the drainability. These variables could include physical fibre properties or others that are not measured, or properties that, at present, are unable to be measured at a sufficient resolution.
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- Sandberg, Tomas, et al.
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Surface analysis of pure and complex mucin coatings
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. - : Elsevier BV. - 0021-9797 .- 1095-7103. ; 333:1, s. 180-187
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the past, we introduced the idea of using mucin coatings to improve biomaterials performance. Here, we evaluate non-radioactive methods for the analysis of pure and human host protein-containing (complex) mucin coatings on a real-type substrate (Thermanox). A common protein quantification assay (mBCA) was combined with mass-calibrated, enzyme-amplified assays based on lectin (ELLA) and antibody (ELISA) recognition, to determine the total and specific amounts of surface-associated proteins. Model studies showed the mBCA assay to be of limited use at low mass loads, and steric effects to influence the ELLA at high surface layer densities. Non-specific responses due to substrate interaction were low for the ELLA and ELISAs. Cross-reactions were observed during ELLA analysis of analytes sharing high degree of O-glycosylation. Combined mBCA-ELLA-ELISA analysis suggested that mucin desorption was low upon protein addition and that low concentrations of ELISA-determined Protein for the complex coatings Could be explained in terms of low accessibility of proteins to the bulk environment. Specifically, a methodology is presented for the determination of the fraction of surface-exposed, presumed bioactive proteins in a complex mucin coating. Finally, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and infrared reflectance spectroscopy combined with multivariate data analysis were proven useful in the evaluation of mucin-based coatings.
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