Bioprocessing

Bioprocessing refers to the production of biologically active therapeutic and diagnostic proteins that are expressed by mammalian or bacterial cells. A series of unit operations isolates and purifies the products…

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Dairy products

Reverse osmosis is used to considerable advantage in the food and dairy industry, the main reason being the cost reduction compared with evaporation consequent upon the elimination of this process.…

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Photoresists

The photoresist solution is a particularly difficult fluid to filter, but this must be done to exacting standards, in order to ensure transfer of patterns onto thin films. Not only…

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Gas processes

The use of gases in integrated circuit fabrication is increasing, particularly with VLSI technology. This technology is demanding more and more dry processing in order to achieve sub-micrometre geometries. These…

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Etchants

The chemicals utilized for etching are aggressive acids, such as hydrofluoric, nitric and phosphoric. Other chemicals are used to clean the surface of the wafer, preparing it for the next…

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