Phenylalanine and arginine adsorption in zeolites X, Y, and Beta

Langmuir. 2006 Oct 24;22(22):9350-6. doi: 10.1021/la061743m.

Abstract

This paper documents a continuation of work published in Langmuir 2005, 21, 8743-8750. We report new aspects of this amino acid adsorption study, including the effect of changing zeolite framework type and results from adsorption of mixed amino acids. In single-amino-acid adsorption experiments, zeolite Y (Si/Al=2.5) was found to adsorb no phenylalanine while admitting arginine to a similar extent as observed with zeolite beta. Using this zeolite Y, we measured mixed-amino-acid separation selectivities for arginine/phenylalanine as large as 25,000 or 2 orders of magnitude larger than the corresponding selectivities measured with zeolite beta.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Arginine / chemistry*
  • Cations / chemistry
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Models, Chemical
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phenylalanine / chemistry*
  • Zeolites / chemistry*

Substances

  • Cations
  • Zeolites
  • Phenylalanine
  • Arginine