Organic solvent nanofiltration for microfluidic purification of poly(amidoamine) dendrimers

J Chromatogr A. 2007 Aug 31;1162(2):167-74. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.06.042. Epub 2007 Jun 27.

Abstract

A nanofiltration method has been developed in a microfluidic format for the continuous-flow pressure-driven purification of half-generation poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers, a family of macromolecules characterized by highly branching structures radiating from a central core, without additional solvents or buffers. An organic solvent resistant nanofiltration membrane, STARMEM 122, has been fully integrated into a hard polymer microfluidic module by transmission laser welding. The membrane was initially characterized in a bench-top test fixture to determine the solvent permeance and percent rejection of a surrogate molecule, Rhodamine B, at lower than typical operating pressures (P<7 bar). The microfluidic module then underwent similar testing at 1.4 bar with the surrogate and with the generation-0.5 PAMAM dendrimer. This approach to nanofiltration will readily interface to upstream microreactors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Dendrimers
  • Filtration / instrumentation
  • Filtration / methods
  • Microfluidics / instrumentation
  • Microfluidics / methods*
  • Nanotechnology / instrumentation
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Organic Chemicals / chemistry
  • Polyamines / analysis*
  • Polyamines / chemistry
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Solvents / chemistry*

Substances

  • Dendrimers
  • Organic Chemicals
  • PAMAM Starburst
  • Polyamines
  • Solvents