Organotin cations (R3Sn+) form electrically neutral ion pairs with monovalent anions. It is demonstrated that the tin derivatives induce exchange diffusion of chloride in red cells and resealed ghosts, without any detectable increase of membrane permeability to net movements of chloride ions. The obligatory anion exchange is believed to be due to the permeation of electroneural ion pairs, where...

Viruses are an emerging class of biotherapeutics used to treat a variety diseases. Ion-exchange membrane chromatography is commonly for virus purification, with the Mustang Q (Pall) and Sartobind (Sartorius) being two most widely strong anion-exchange membranes. These membranes made from different materials have pore sizes, while previous studies attempted compare their performance in various p...

In article number 2006768, Hyukjin J. Kwon, Geunbae Lim, and Minsoo Lee introduce a multiscale-porous anion exchange membrane (MP-AEM), as an easily accessible anion-permselective material for the electrokinetic concentration of cationic species. The MP-AEM's highly streamlined fabrication process enables convenient cation-selective concentrator assembly, its demonstrated scalability shows grea...

Within an electrodialysis unit, the solutions are separated by alternately arranged anion exchange membranes (permeable only for anions) and cation exchange membranes (permeable only for cations). The membranes are arranged parallel to one another to form an electrodialysis stack. When a potential is applied across the selectively permeable membrane stack, anions selectively move through the an...

Direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFC), which operate on sodium borohydride (NaBH4) as the fuel, and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as the oxidant, are receiving increasing attention. This is due to their promising use as power sources for space and underwater applications, where air is not available and gas storage poses obvious problems. One key factor to improve the performance of DBFCs concerns the...

The parallel effects of the anion transport inhibitor DIDS (4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonate) on net chloride flow and on chloride exchange suggest that a major portion of net chloride flow takes place through the anion exchange system. The "slippage" model postulates that the rate of net anion flow is determined by the movement of the unloaded anion transport site across the membra...

Anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolysis aims to combine the benefits of alkaline electrolysis, such as stability cheap catalyst and advantages proton-exchange systems, like ability operate at differential pressure, fast dynamic response, low energy losses, higher current density. However, today, AEM is limited by AEMs exhibiting insufficient ionic conductivity well lower activity stability. ...

Solid alkaline fuel cell is employed by polymer anion exchange membrane (AEM) that is permeable to hydroxide ion. A number of polymers have been proposed for AEM which include polysulfone (PSF), poly (phenylene oxide) (PPO), and poly (ether ether ketone) (PEEK). The purpose of this paper was to conduct a critical review on the development of PEEK polymer as AEM, particu...