Table 1.
Equilibrium binding study of the varying chemical modifications used to fabricate diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) and carboxylate (COO) cellulose nanofibre adsorbents, detailing the maximum capacity of protein bound, Qmax, and dissociation constant, Kd, estimated using a Langmuir linear regression fit.
| Sample | DEAE cellulose |
COO cellulose |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reactant conc. | 50 mmol | 200 mmol | 2× 200 mmol | 5 mmol | 10 mmol | 20 mmol |
| Qmax (mg/mL) | 7.5 | 13.0 | 27.4 | 11.8 | 18.9 | 47.5 |
| Kd (mg/mL) | 0.077 | 0.044 | 0.11 | 0.065 | 0.034 | 0.049 |