New paper published in Journal of Membrane Science Microfluidic devices as gas – ionic liquid membrane contactors for CO2 removal from anaesthesia gases

Within the EUDIME (Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in Membrane Engineering) program the MCS group has collaborated with several groups in Spain and Portugal. This has resulted in a new publication in the Elsevier Journal of Membrane Science that discusses a microfluidic gas – ionic liquid contactor aiming at the removal of CO₂ from xenon containing anaesthesia gas. The device is based on transport of CO₂ through a flat polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane, followed by bioconversion of CO₂ by carbonic anhydrase in the ionic liquid solvent cholinium propionate. The ionic liquid compartment was given an alveolar shape to reduce CO₂ mass transfer limitations. The paper entitled "Microfluidic devices as gas – ionic liquid membrane contactors for CO₂ removal from anaesthesia gases" can be found at this DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.09.065