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  • Belfort, G. and Guter, G. A., (1968), An electrical analogue for electrodialysis, Desalination, 5, 267-291.

  • Belfort, G. and Daly, J. A., (1970), Optimization of an electrodialysis plant, Desalination, 8, 1963-1966.

  • Belfort, G. and Guter, G. A. (1972), Electrodialysis Hydrodynamics, Desalination, 10, 221-262.

  • Belfort, G., Littman, F. and Bishop, H. (1972), A new concept in reverse osmosis design, Desalination, 11, 17-30.

  • Belfort, G. (1972), Magnetic relaxation in a porous glass desalination membrane as a function of external salt concentration, Nature Physical Science, 273, 60.

  • Belfort, G. and Chomse, K. D. (1973), Peak sulfur dioxide concentrations in urban Cape Town, Public Health (South Africa), 73.

  • Belfort, G. and Scherfig, J. (1973), The role of water in porous glass desalination membranes, Proc. Fourth International Symposium on fresh Water from the Sea, 3, 69-79.

  • Belfort, G., Littman, F. and Bishop, H. K. (1973), Wastewater reclamation using the regenerable reverse osmosis concept, Water Research, 7, 1545-1559.

  • Belfort, G. (1974), Structure of water in porous glass, Nature, 249, 593.

  • Belfort, G. (1974), Interfacing newly developed technology within present wastewater trains, an example: pressure-driven membrane processes, J.A.W.W.A., August, 504-5.

  • Belfort, G., Scherfig, J. and Seevers, D. O. (1974), Nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation studies of adsorbed water on porous glass of varying pore size, J. Colloid and Interface Science, 47, 106-116.

  • Belfort, G., Rotem, Y. and Katzenelson, E. (1975), Virus concentration using hollow fiber membranes, Water Research, 9, 79-85.

  • Belfort, G. (1976), Cleaning of reverse osmosis membranes in wastewater renovation, in Water 75, published by AIChE, NY, 76-81.

  • Belfort, G. and Scherfig, J. (1976), Porous glass desalination membranes: Phenomenological transport coefficients and fixed change salt exclusion, Desalination, 18, 43-58.

  • Belfort, G., Rotem, Y. and Katzenelson, E. (1976), Virus concentration using hollow fiber membranes, II, Water Research, 10, 279-284.

·       Belfort, G. (1976), A molecular friction model or transport of uncharged solutes in neutral hyperfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes containing bound water, Desalination, 18, 3, 259-281.

  • Mahlab, D., Ben Joseph, N. and Belfort, G. (1976), The interaction between the concentration polarization profile for dissolved and non-dissolved species in batch reverse osmosis systems:  The dissolved system, Proc. Fifth Int. Symposium on Fresh Water from the Sea, 249-250.

  • Belfort, G., Alexandrowicz, G. and Marx, G. (1976), Artificial particulate fouling of hyperfiltration membranes Desalination, 19, 127-138.

  • Miller, S., Abeliovich, A., and Belfort, G. (1977), The effect of high organic loading on mixed photosynthetic wastewater treatment, J. of WPC Federation, 49 (3), Part 1, 436-440.

  • Belfort, G. (1977), Pretreatment and cleaning of hyperfiltration (reverse osmosis) membranes in municipal wastewater renovation, Desalination, 21, 285-300.

  • Yadidia, R., Abeliovich, A., and Belfort, G. (1977), Algal removal using high gradient magnetic filtration, Env. Sci. and Tech., 11, (9), 913-916.

  • Belfort, G, Rotem-Borensztajn, Y. and Katzenelson, E. (1978), Virus concentration by hollow fibers:  where to now?  Progress in Water Technology, 10, (1/2), 357-364.

  • Mahlab, D., Ben Yosef, N., and Belfort, G. (1978), Concentration polarization profile for dissolved species in unstirred batch hyperfiltration (reverse osmosis) - II Transient Case, Desalination, 24, 297-303.

  • Almagor, E. and Belfort, G. (1978), Relaxation studies of adsorbed water on porous glass 1.  Varying coverages and pore size at constant temperature, J. Col. and Int. Sci. 66 (1), 146-151.

  • Belfort, G. and Marx, B. (1979), Artificial particulate fouling of hyperfiltration membranes - II, Analysis and protection from fouling, Desalination, 28, 13-30.

  • Rotem-Borensztajn, Y., Katzenelson, E., and Belfort, G. (1979), Virus concentration by ultrafiltration, Journal of the Environmental Engineering Div., ASCE, 105, (EE2), 401-407.

  • Belfort, G. (1979), Selective adsorption of organic homologs from dilute aqueous solutions:  The solvophobic interaction approach and correlations of molar adsorptivity with physicochemical parameters, Environ. Sci. and Tech., 13, 939-949.

  • Mahlab, D., Ben Joseph, N., and Belfort, G. (1980), Interferometric measurement of concentration polarization profile for dissolved species in unstirred batch hyperfiltration (reverse osmosis), Chem. Eng. Commun. 6, pp. 225-243.

  • Belfort, G. (1980), Artificial particulate fouling of hyperfiltration membranes IV: Dynamic protection from fouling, Desalination, 34, 159-169.

  • Green G. and Belfort, G. (1980), Fouling of ultrafiltration membranes:  Lateral migration and the particle trajectory model, Desalination, 35, 129-147.

  • Belfort, G. (1981), Similarity of the ideal adsorbed solution and potential theories for adsorption from a bulk phase onto a solid surface, AIChE J., 27, (6), 1021.

  • Belfort, G., Paluszek, A., and Sturman, L. S. (1982), Enterovirus concentration using automated hollow fiber ultrafiltration, Wat. Sci. Tech. 14, 257-272.

  • Reed, R. H. and Belfort, G. (1982), "Characterization of fouling potential for pressure-driven membrane processes:  A new simulated flow cell", Wat. Sci. Tech. 14, 499-552.

  • Belfort, G., Chin, P. and Dziewulski, D. M. (1982), A new gel-polarization model incorporating lateral migration for membrane fouling, Proc. of World Filtration Congress III, Vol. II, 548-555.

  • Dziewulski, D. M. and Belfort, G. (1983), Virus concentration from water using high-rate tangential flow hollow fiber ultrafiltration, Wat. Sci. Tech., 15, 75-89.

  • Altena, F. W., Belfort, G., Otis, J., Fiessinger, F., Rovel, J. M., and Nicoletti, J. (1983), Particle motion in a laminar slit flow: A fundamental fouling study, Desalination, 47, 221-232.

  • Belfort, G. and Altena, F. W. (1983), Toward an inductive understanding of membrane fouling, Desalination, 47, 105-127.

  • Altena, F. W. and Belfort, G. (1984), Lateral migration of spherical particles in porous channels:  application to membrane filtration, Chem. Eng. Sci., 39, (2), 343-355.

  • Belfort, G., Altshuler, G. L., Thallman, K. K., Feerick, C. P., Jr., and Woodfield, K. L. (1984), Selective adsorption of organic homologues onto activated carbon from dilute aqueous solutions, solvophobic interaction approach - IV The effect of simple structural modifications with aliphatics, AIChE J, 30, (2), 197-207.

  • Altena, F., Weigand, R. J., and Belfort, G. (1985), Lateral migration of spherical particles in laminar porous tube flows: Application to membrane filtration, Physico. Chem. Hydrodyn., 6, (4), 393-413.

  • Belfort, G. and Nagata, N. (1985), Fluid mechanics and cross-flow filtration:  Some thoughts, Desalination, 53, 57-79.

  • Bicknell, E. A., Dziewulski, D. M., Sturman, L. S., and Belfort, G. (1985), Concentrations of seeded and naturally occurring exteroviruses from waters of varying quality by hollow fiber ultrafiltration, Wat. Sci. Tech., 17, 47-62.

  • Belfort, G. (1985), A course in separations and recovery processes, Chem. Engr. Education, XIX, (4), 172-217.

  • Otis, J. R., Altena, F. W., Mahar, J. J., and Belfort, G. (1986), Measurement of single spherical particle trajectories with lateral migration in a slit with one porous wall under laminar flow conditions, Experiments in Fluids, 4, 1-10.

  • Altshuler, G. L., Dziewulski, D. M., Sowek, J. A., and Belfort, G. (1986), Continuous hybridoma growth and monoclonal antibody production in hollow fiber reactor/separators, Biotechnol. Bioeng., 28, 646-658.

  • Chatterjee, S. G. and Belfort, G. (1986), Fluid flow in an idealized spiral wound membrane module, J. Membrane Science, 28, 191-208.

  • Schonberg, J. A., Drew, D. A., and Belfort, G. (1986), Viscous interactions of many neutrally buoyant spheres in Poiseuille flow, J. Fluid Mech., 167, 415-426.

  • Belfort, G. and Altshuler, G. L. (1986), Scale-up of monoclonal production, Chemie Industrie, 109 (7), 585-588.

  • Myers, A.. L., Belfort, G., and Suzuki, M. (1986), Some discussion on adsorption technology:  Equilibrium on the basis of adsorption energy, Chem. Eng. (Japan), 50, No. 3, pp. 151-155.

  • Altshuler, G. L., Dilwith, R., Sowek, J., and Belfort, G. (1986), Hybridoma analysis at the cellular level, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Symp., No. 17, John Wiley, NY.

  • Schutte, C. F. and Belfort, G., (1987), Rejection of alkyl phenols by reverse osmosis membranes, Wat. Sci. Tech.  19, 967-979.

·       Heath, C. and Belfort, G., (1988), Immobilization of suspended mammalian cells: Analysis of hollow fiber and microcapsule bioreactors, Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, 34, 1-31.

  • Schonberg, J. A. and Belfort, G. (1987), Enhanced nutrient transport in hollow fiber perfusion bioreactors:  A theoretical analysis, Biotechnology Progress, 3, (2) 80-88.

  • Belfort, G. (1988), Membrane modules:  Comparison of different configurations using fluid mechanics, J. Mem. Science, 35, (3), 245-270.

  • Lee, C. S. and Belfort, G. (1988), Thermodynamics of multi-solute adsorption from dilute liquid solution:  I The use of an equation of state, Ind. Engr. Chemistry Research, 27, 951-956.

  • Chan, W.K.Y., Belfort, G., Belfort, M. (1988), Stability of group I intron in Escherichia coli and its potential application in a novel expression vector, Gene, 73, 295-304.

  • Belfort, G. (1989), Fluid mechanics in membrane filtration: recent developments, J. Memb. Sci., 40, 123-147.

  • Belfort, G. (1989), Membranes and bioreactors:  A technical challenge in biotechnology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 33 (8) 1047-66.

  • Lee, Y., Bourgeois, D., and Belfort, G. (1989), Sorption, diffusion and pervaporation of organics in polymer membranes, J. Membrane Science, 44, 161-181.

  • Nagata, N. Herouvis, K., Dziewulski, D. M. and Belfort, G. (1989), Cross-flow membrane microfiltration of a bacterial fermentation broth, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 34, 447-466.

  • Lee, C-S and Belfort, G. (1989), Changing activity of ribonuclease A during adsorption:  A molecular explanation, PNAS,86, 8392-8396.

  • Belfort, G. (1989), Structural properties of proteins as a basis for separation, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 93, 939-944.

  • Schonberg, J. A., Drew, D. A., and Belfort, G. (1990), A neutrally buoyant sphere in creeping flow between parallel plates:  Far field velocity profiles, Chem. Eng. Sci., 45 (1) 225-235.

  • Hammer, B. E., Heath, C. A., Mirrer, S. D., and Belfort, G. (1990), Quantitative flow measurements in bioreactors by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, Bio/Technology, 8 327-330.

  • Heath, C. A., Belfort, G., Hammer, B. E., Mirrer, S. D., and Pimbley, J. M. (1990), Magnetic resonance imaging and modeling of flow in hollow-fiber bioreactor, AIChE Journal, 36 (4) 547-558.

  • Wu, D. R., Belfort, G., and Cramer, S. M. (1990), Enzymatic resolution with a multiphase membrane bioreactor:  A theoretical analysis, I & EC Research, 29, 1612-1621.

  • Heath, C. A., Dilwith, R., and Belfort, G. (1990), Methods for increasing monoclonal antibody production in suspension and entrapped cell cultures:  Biochemical and flow cytometric analysis as a function of medium serum content, J. Biotechnology, 15, 71-90.

  • Heath, C. A., and Belfort, G. (1990), Minireview:  Membranes and bioreactors, Int. J. Biochem., 22 (8), 823-835.

  • Chan, W.K.Y., Belfort, M., and Belfort, G. (1991), Protein overproduction in Escherichia coli: RNA stabilization, cell disruption and recovery with a cross-flow microfiltration membrane, J.  Biotechnology, 18 (3) 225-242.

  • Belfort, G., and Lee, C.-S. (1991), Attractive and repulsive interactions between and within adsorbed ribonuclease A layers, PNAS, 88, 9146-9150.

  • McKinney, K. L., Dilwith, R., and Belfort, G. (1991), Manipulation of heterogeneous hybridoma cultures for overproduction of monoclonal antibodies, Biotechnol. Prog. 7, 445-454.

  • Heath, C. A., and Belfort, G. (1992), Synthetic membranes in biotechnology: realities and possibilities, Advances in Biochem. Engr. and Biotechnol. (special issue, issue editor G. T. Tsao),47, 45-88.

  • Wu, D-R, Cramer, S. M., and Belfort, G. (1993), Kinetic resolution of racemic glycidyl butyrate using a multiphase membrane enzyme reactor: Experiments and model verification, Biotechn. Bioengr., 41, 979-990.

  • Belfort, G., Pimbley, J. M., Greiner, A., and Chung, K-Y (1993), Diagnosis of membrane fouling using rotating annular filter 1. Cell culture media, J. Membrane Sci., 77, 1-22.

  • Belfort, G., Mikulasek, P., Pimbley, J. M., and Chung, K-Y (1993), Diagnosis of membrane fouling using a rotating annular filter, 2. Dilute particle suspensions of known particle size, J. Membrane Sci., 77, 23-39.

  • Winzeler, H. B. and Belfort, G. (1993), Enhanced performance for pressure-driven membrane processes: The argument for fluid instabilities, J. Membrane Sci., in 80, 35-47.

  • Brewster, M. E., Chung, K.-Y. and Belfort, G. (1993), Dean vortices with wall flux in a curved channel membrane system: 1. A new approach to membrane module design, J. Membrane Sci., 81, 127-137.

  • Chung, K.-Y., Bates, R., and Belfort, G. (1993), Dean vortices with wall flux in a curved channel membrane system: 4. Effect of vortices on permeation fluxes of suspensions in microporous membrane, J. Membrane Sci., 81, 139-150.

  • Chung, K.-Y., Edelstein, W. A., and Belfort, G. (1993), Dean vortices with wall flux in a curved channel membrane system. 6. Two-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of the velocity field in a curved impermeable slit, J. Membrane Sci., 81, 151-162.

  • Mellis, R., Gill, W. N., and Belfort, G. (1993), Fluid dynamics in a tubular membrane: Theory and experiment, Chem. Eng. Comm., 122, 103-125.

  • Chung, K-Y, Edelstein, W. A., Li, X. and Belfort, G. (1993), Dean vortices in a curved channel membrane system: 5 Three dimensional magnetic resonance imaging and numerical analysis of the velocity field in a curved impermeable tube, AIChE Journal, 39 (10) 1592-1602.

  • Tescione, L. and Belfort, G. (1993), Construction and evaluation of a metal ion biosensor, Biotechn.& Bioeng., 42, 945-952.

  • Serafica, G., Pimbley, J. and Belfort, G. (1994), Protein fractionation using fast flow immobilized metal chelate affinity membranes, Biotechn.& Bioeng., 43, 21-36.

  • Pincet, F., Perez, E. and Belfort, G. (1994), Do denatured proteins behave like polymers? Macromolecules, 27 (12), 3424-3425.

  • Zydney, A. L., Aimar, P., Meireles, M., Pimbley, J. M. and Belfort, G. (1994), Use of the log-normal probability density function to analyze membrane pore size distributions: functional forms and discrepancies, J. Membrane Sci., 91, 293-298

  • Yokoi, H. and Belfort, G. (1994), High-rate membrane supported aqueous-phase enzymatic conversions in organic solvent, Bioseparations, 4, 213-220.

  • Belfort, G., Davis, R. and Zydney, A. (1994), The behavior of suspensions and macromolecular solutions in crossflow microfiltration, A review for the North American Membrane Society's Annual Reviews and for the J. Membrane Sci., 96, 1-58.

  • Dolecek, P., Mikulasek, P. and Belfort, G. (1995), The performance of a rotating filter 1: Theoretical analysis of the flow in an annulus with a rotating inner porous wall, J. Membrane Sci., 99, 241-248.

  • McKinney, K. L., Dilwith, R. and Belfort, G. (1995), Optimizing Antibody Production in Batch Hybridoma Cell Culture,J. Biotechnology,  40, 31-48.

  • Pincet, F., Perez, E. and Belfort, G. (1995), Molecular interactions between proteins and synthetic membrane polymer films, Langmuir, 11, (4) 1229-1235.

  • Ulbricht, M and Belfort, G. (1995), Surface modification of ultrafiltration membranes by low-temperature plasma .1. Treatment of polyacrylonitrile, J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 56, 325-343.

  • Chung, K.-Y., Brewser, M. E. and Belfort, G. (1995), Dean vortices with wall flux in a curved channel membrane system: 2. The velocity field in a spiral channel, AIChE. Journal, 42 (2) 347-358.  

  • Yamagishi, H., Crivello, J. and Belfort, G. (1995), Development of a novel photochemical technique for modifying poly(arylsulfone) ultrafiltration membranes, J. Membrane Sci., 105 237-247.

  • Yamagishi, H., Crivello, J. and Belfort, G. (1995), Evaluation of photochemically modified poly(arylsulfone) ultrafiltration membranes, J. Membrane Sci., 105 249-259.

  • Mallubhotla, H., Nunes, E., and Belfort, G. (1995) Microfiltration of yeast suspensions with self-cleaning spiral vortices: possibilities for a new membrane module design, Biotechn & Bioengr., 48, 375-385.

  • Ulbricht, M. and Belfort, G. (1996), Surface modification of ultrafiltration membranes by low temperature plasma. II. Graft polymerization onto polyacrylonitrile and polysulfone, J. Membrane Sci., 111, 193-215.

  • Mallubhotla, H., and Belfort, G. (1996) Semi-empirical modeling of crossflow microfiltration with periodic reverse filtration, Industrial and Engr. Chem. Research, 35 (9) 2920-2928.

  • Aptel, P., Armor, J., Remy, A., Baker, R., Bakish, R., Belfort, G., Bikson, B., Brown, R., Bryk,, M., Burke, J. J., Cabasso, I, Chern, R., Cheryan, M. Cussler, E. L., Davis, R. H. (1996) Technology for membranes and membrane processes, J. Membrane Sci., 120 , 149-159.

  • Mallubhotla, H., and Belfort, G. (1997) Flux enhancement during Dean vortex microfiltration: 8. Further Diagnostics, J. Membrane Sci.. 125, 75-91

  • Koehler, J. A., Ulbricht, M. and Belfort, G. (1997) Intermolecular forces between proteins and polymer films with relevance to filtration, Langmuir 13 (15) 4162-4171.  

  • Nabe, A., Staude, E. and Belfort, G. (1997), Surface modification of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes and fouling by BSA solutions, J. Membrane Sci., 133, 57-72.  

  • Frank, B. and Belfort, G. (1997) Intermolecular forces between extracellular polysaccharides measured using the atomic force microscope, Langmuir,13, 6234-6240.  

  • Lee, K. H. and Belfort, G (1997) The effect of the making methods of hollow fiber active layer on performance for nanofiltration helical module, Memburein (Korea), 7, 95-109.  

  • Gardella, Jr., J. A., Wynne, K. J., McCarthy, T. J., Rabolt, J. F.,and Belfort, G, (1998) "New technologies for surface analysis to assess biofouling resistance", Naval Reseach Reviews, Vol. XLIX, pp. 1-16, April.    

  • Mallubhotla, H, Hoffmann, S, Schmidt, M, Vente, J., and Belfort, G., (1998) Flux enhancement during Dean vortex membrane nanofiltration: 10. Design, construction and system characterization, J. Membrane Sci., 141, 183-195.  

  • Chung, K.-Y., Brewser, M. E. and Belfort, G. (1998), Dean vortices with wall flux in a curved channel membrane system: 3. Concentration polarization in a spiral reverse osmosis slit, Chem. Eng. J. Japan, 31 (5) 683-693.  

  • Mallubhotla, H, Hoffmann, S, Schmidt, M, Vente, J., and Belfort, G., (1999) Flux enhancement during Dean vortex membrane nanofiltration: 13. Effects of concentration and solute type, J. Membrane Sci. 153, 259-269.   

  • Chen, C., and Belfort, G., (1999) Surface modification of poly(ether sulfone) ultrafiltration membranes by low temperature plasma induced graft polymerization, J. Applied Polymer Sci.,72, 1699-1711.  

  • Pieracci, J., Crivello, J. V. and Belfort, G (1999) Photochemical modification of 10kD polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes for reduction of biofouling, J. Membrane Sci., 156, 223-240.   

  • Gehlert, G., Luque, S. and Belfort, (1999) Flux enhancement due to secondary flow in a helical tubular module: 14 ultra and microfiltration of polysaccharides, proteins and yeast suspensions, Biotechnology Progr.14, 931-942.  

  • Abatemarco, T., Stickel, J., Belfort, J., Frank, B. P., Ajayan, P.M. and Belfort, G. (1999) Fractionation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes by cascade membrane microfiltration, J. Phys. Chem. B, 103 (18) 3534-3538.  

  • Böhme, P., Vedantham, G., Przybycien T. and Belfort, G. (1999) Self-assembled monolayers on polymer surfaces: kinetics, functionalization and photopatterning, Langmuir, 15, 5323.

  • Wood, D., Wu, W., Belfort, G., Derbyshire V. and Belfort M. (1999) A genetic system to modulate intein function for use in biotechnology, Nature Biotechnology 17, 889-892.    

  • Luque, S, Mallubhotla, H, Gelhert, G, Kuriyel, R, Dzengeleski, S, Pearl, S and Belfort G, (1999) A new coiled hollow fiber module design for enhanced microfiltration performance, Biotechnol. Bioengr. 65 (3) 247-257.  

  • Kluge, T. Kalra, A. and Belfort. B (1999) Viscosity effects on Dean vortex membrane microfiltration, AIChE Journal, 45 (9) 1913-1926.  

  • Kluge, T., Rezende, C., Wood, D. and Belfort. G. (1999) Protein transmission during Dean vortex microfiltration of yeast suspensions, Biotechnol. Bioengr. 65 (6) 649-658.

  • Pieracci, J, Wood, D. W., Crivello, J. V. and Belfort, G (2000) UV-assisted graft polymerization of n-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone onto poly(ether sulfone) ultrafiltration membranes:  Comparison of dip versus immersion modification techniques, Chem Mater. 12, 2123-2133. 

  • Wood, D., Derbyshire V. Wu, W., Chartrain, M, Belfort, M., and Belfort G. (2000) Optimized Single-Step Affinity Purification with a Self-Cleaving Intein Applied to a Human Fibroblast Growth Factor, Biotechnology Progress 16, 1055-1063.    

  • Kilduff, J. E., Mattaraj, J., Pieracci, J. P. and Belfort, G.  (2000) Photochemical modification of poly(ether sulfone) and sulfonated poly(sulfone) nanofiltration membranes for control of fouling by natural organic matter. Desalination 132, 133-142.  

  • Koehler, J. A., Ulbricht, M. and Belfort, G. (2000) Intermolecular forces between a protein and a hydrophillic polysulfone film with relevance to filtration. Langmuir 16, 10419-10427.

  • Frank, B. F. and Belfort, G (2001) Atomic Force Microscopy for Low Adhesion Surfaces: Thermodynamic Criteria, Critical Surface Tension and Intermolecular Forces, Langmuir, 17, (6) 1905-1912.  

  • Mallubhotla, H, Edelstein, W. A., Earley, T. A. and Belfort, G., (2001) Magnetic resonance flow imaging and numerical analysis of curved tube flow: 16. Effect of curvature and flow rate on Dean vortex stability and bifurcation, AIChE J., 47(5) 1126-1140.    

  • Taniguchi, M, Pieracci, J., P., and Belfort, G (2001) Undulations affect surface energy: A quantitative assessment, Langmuir, 17, 4312-4315.  

  • Kaeslev, B., Pieracci, J. and Belfort, G (2001) Photoinduced grafting onto ultrafiltration membranes: comparison of poly(ether sulfone) and poly(sulfone), J. Membrane Sci., 194, 245-261.  

  • Schutyser, M, and Belfort, G (2002) Dean vortex membrane ultrafiltration non-Newtonian viscosity effects, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 41, 494-504.  

  • Reichert U., Linden, T, Belfort, G., Kula M-R and Tommes J. (2002) Visualizing protein adsorption to ion exchange membranes by confocal microscopy, J. Membrane Sci., 199, 161-166.  

  • Pieracci, J, Crivello, J. V. and Belfort, G (2002) UV-assisted graft polymerization of n-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone onto poly(ether sulfone) ultrafiltration membranes using selected wavelengths, Chem Mater.14, 256-265.   

  • Schutyser, M, Rupp, R, Wideman, J. and Belfort, G (2002) Dean vortex membrane microfiltration and diafiltration of rBDNF E. coli inclusion bodies, Biotechnol. Prog. 18, 322-329.  

  • Pieracci, J, Crivello, J. V. and Belfort, G (2002) Increasing Membrane Permeability of UV-modified Poly(ether sulfone) Ultrafiltration Membranes, J. Membrane Sci., 202, 1-16.

  • Frank, B. P and Belfort, G, (2002) Adhesion of Mytilus Edulis Foot Protein 1 on Silica: Ionic Effects on Biofouling, Biotechnol Progress, 18, 580-586.  

  • Kilduff, J. E., Mattaraj, S., Sensibaugh, F., Pieracci, J. P., Yuan, Y. and Belfort G. (2002) Modeling Flux Decline During Nanofiltration of NOM with Poly(arylsulfone) Membranes Modified Using UV-Assisted Graft Polymerization. Environ. Engr. Sci., 19 (6), 477-495.  

  • Wu, W, Wood, D. W., Belfort, G., Derbyshire V., and Belfort, M. (2002) Intein-mediated purification of cytotoxic endonumclease I-Tev1 by insertional activation and pH-controllable splicing, Nuclei Acids Res., 30, 4864-4871. 

  • Taniguchi M., and Belfort, G. (2002) Correcting for surface roughness: Advancing and receding contact angles, Langmuir18, 6465-6467. 

  • Frank, B. P and Belfort, G, (2003) Polysaccharides and Sticky Membrane Surfaces: Critical Ionic Effects, J. Membrane Sci, 5841, 1-8. 

  • Vedantham, G, Carothers, S. L., Belfort, G, and Przybycien, T. (2003) Structural response of bovine growth hormone to dead ended ultrafiltration, Separaion Sci & Techn., 38 (2) 251-270.  

  • Han, M, Kane, R, Goto, M, and Belfort, G (2003) Discriminate surface molecular recognition sites on a microporous substrate: A new approach, Macromolecules, 36(12); 4472-4477.  

  • Taniguchi, M, Kilduff J, E. and Belfort, G (2003) Modes of Natural Organic Fouling During Ultrafiltration, Environ. Sci & Technol., 37(8); 1676-1683.  

  • Taniguchi, M, Pieracci, J., P., Samsonoff W. A. and Belfort, G (2003) UV-Assisted Graft Polymerization of Synthetic Membranes: Mechanistic studies, Chemistry Materials, 15, 3805-3812.  

  • Baruah G. L., and Belfort. G. (2003) A Predictive Aggregate Transport Model for Microfiltration of Combined Macromolecular Solutions and Poly-Disperse Suspensions: Model Development, Biotech Progr., 19, 1524-1532.  

  • Baruah G. L., and Belfort. G.  (2003) A Predictive Aggregate Transport Model for Microfiltration of Combined Macromolecular Solutions and Poly-Disperse Suspensions: Testing Model with Transgenic Goat Milk, Biotech Progr., 19, 1533-1540.  

  • Han, M., Sethuraman, A., Kane, R. S. and Belfort, G. (2003) Nanometer-scale roughness has little effect on the amount or structural stability of adsorbed protein, Langmuir, 19 (23) 9868-9872.  

  • Taniguchi, M, Kilduff, J. E., and Belfort, G (2003) Low fouling synthetic membranes by UV-Assisted graft polymerization: Monomer selection to mitigate fouling by natural organic matter, J. Membrane Sci., 222, 59–70.  

  • Taniguchi, M, and Belfort, G (2004) Low Protein Fouling Synthetic Membranes by UV-Assisted Surface Grafting Modification: Varying Monomer Type, J. Membrane Sci, 231, 147-157.  

  • Sethuraman, A., Morcone, T. and Belfort, G (2004) Protein aggregation at interfaces, Protein Science, 13, 530.  

  • Baruah G. L., and Belfort. G.  (2004) Optimized Recovery of Monoclonal Antibodies from Transgenic Goat Milk by Microfiltration, Biotechnol. Bioengr., 87 (3) 274-285.   

  • Sethuraman, A, Vedantham, G, Przybyccien T., and Belfort, G (2004) Protein unfolding at interfaces: Slow dynamics of a-helix to b-sheet transition, Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 56 (4) 669-678.  

  • Prashant T., Antal, S. P., Burgoyne, A., Belfort, G. and Podowski1M. Z., (2004) Multifield computational fluid dynamics model of particulate flow in curved circular tubes, Theoret. Comput. Fluid Dynamics, 18, 205–220. 

  • Kilduff, J. E., Mattaraj, S, and Belfort, G. (2004) Flux Decline during Nanofiltration of natural occurring dissolved organic matter: Effects of osmotic pressure, membrane permeability, and cake formation, J. Membr. Sci., 239, 39–53.

  • Sethuraman, A. Han, M., Kane, R. S. and Belfort, G (2004) Effect of Surface Wettability on the Adhesion of Proteins, Langmuir, 20, 7779-7788.

  • Miao, J., Wu, W., Spielmann, T., Belfort, M., Derbyshire V. and Belfort G. (2005) Single-step affinity purification of toxic and non-toxic proteins on a fluidics platform, Lab. Chip., 2005, 5, 248–253.  

  • Sethuraman, A, and Belfort G. (2005) Protein structural perturbation and aggregation on homogeneous surfaces, Biophysical J. 88, 1322–1333.  

  • Baruah G. L.,Venkitheswaran, A., and Belfort. G.  (2005) Global Model for Optimizing Crossflow Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Processes: A New Predictive and Design Tool, Biotechnol Prog, 21, 1013-1025. 

  • Kilduff J. E., Mattaraj S., Zhou, M., Belfort, G (2005) Kinetics of membrane flux decline: The role of natural colloids and mitigation via membrane surface modification, J. Nanoparticle Res. 7, 525-544.  

  • Baruah, G. L., Nayak, A., Winkelman E. and Belfort, G. (2006) Purification of monoclonal antibodies derived from transgenic goat milk by ultrafiltration, Biotechnol. Bioengr., 93, (4), 747-754.  

  • Baruah, G. L., Nayak, A, and Belfort, G. (2006) Scale-up from laboratory microfiltration to a ceramic pilot plant: Design and Performance, J. Membrane Sci., 274, (1-2), 56-63. 

  • Nayak, A, Liu, H., and Belfort, G. (2006) Optically switchable grafted polymeric synthetic membrane, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 45, 4094-4098.  

  • Shemella, P., Pereira, B., Zhang, Y., Van Roey, P., Belfort, G., Garde, S., Nayak., S. K. (2007) Mechanism for intein C-terminal cleavage: A proposal from quantum mechanical calculations, Biophysical J., 92, 2007 847–853.  

  • Yan, Y, Liu, Y, Lustbader, J, Yan, S, Belfort, G, Sorci, M., Wang Y (2007) Surface Plasmon Resonance and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of ABAD-ABeta Interaction, Biochemistry, 46 (7) 1724-1731.   

  • Dutta A. K. and Belfort G. (2007) Adsorbed gels versus brushes: Viscoelastic differences Langmuir, 23 (6) 3088-3094.  

  • Lee, C-C, Nayak, A., Sethuraman, A., Belfort, G, McRae, G. (2007) A Three-Stage Kinetic Model of Amyloid Fibrillation, Biophysical J., 92 (10), 3448-3458.  

  • Venkiteshwaran, A., Heider, P., Matosevic, S., Bogsnes, A., Staby, A., Sharfstein S., and Belfort G (2007) Optimized removal of soluble host cell proteins for the recovery of met-human growth hormone inclusion bodies from Escherichia Coli cell lysate using crossflow microfiltration, Biotechnol. Progress, 23 (3) 667-672.  

  • Dutta, A., Nayak, A. and Belfort, G. (2008) Reversibly controlling the rigidity of adsorbed polycations, Macromolecules, 41, 301-304. 

  • Nayak, A., Dutta, A. and Belfort., G (2008) “Surface-enhanced nucleation of insulin amyloid fibrillation”, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm., 369, 303-308. 

  • Dutta, A., Nayaka, A. and Belfort, G. (2008) Viscoelastic properties of adsorbed and cross-linked polypeptide and protein layers at a solid-liquid interface, J Coll. Intf. Sci. 324 (1-2), 55-60.

  • Du Z, Liu Y, Zheng Y, McCallum S, Dansereau J, Derbyshire V, Belfort M, Belfort G, Van Roey P, Wang W (2008) 1H, 13C, and 15N NMR assignments of an engineered intein based on Mycobacterium tuberculosis RecA, Biomol NMR Assign, 2 (2), 111–113.  

  • Nayak, A., Sorci, M., Krueger, S., and Belfort G. (2009) A universal pathway for amyloid nucleus and precursor formation, Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 74 (3), 556-565.

  • Skaat, H, Belfort, G., Margel, S (2009) Synthesis and characterization of fluorinated magnetic core-shell nanoparticles for inhibition of insulin amyloid fibril formation, Nanotechnology, 20, 225106-22515.  

  • Venkiteshwaran, A, Heider, P, Teysseyre, L and Belfort, G (2008) Selective precipitations-assisted recovery of imunoglobins from bovine serum using crossflow membrane microfiltration, Biotech Bioengr., 101 (5) 957-966.  

  • Dutta, A, Belfort, G (2009) The interaction between polycationic and polyanionic layers: Changes in rigidity, charge and adsorption kinetics, Sensors and Actuators B, 136 (1), 60-65.   

  • Anand, G., Sharma, S., Kumar, S. and Belfort, G (2009) Stability of tethered proteins, Langmuir, 25 (9) 4998-5005.  

  • Zhou, M, Liu, H, Kilduff, J, Langer, RF, Anderson, DG, and Belfort, G. (2009) High-Throughput Membrane Surface Modification to Control NOM Fouling, Environ. Sci. & Technol., 43 (10) 3865-3871. 

  • Amitai, G, Callahan, BP, Stanger, MJ., Belfort, G. and Belfort, M., (2009) Modulation of intein activity by its neighboring extein substrates, PNAS J, 106  (27) 11005–11010.

  • Du, Z, Shemella PT, Liu Y,  McCallum S. A, Pereira, B, Nayak S. K., Belfort G, Belfort M. and Wang, C. (2009) Dual Catalytic Role in Protein Splicing: a pKa Shift Mechanism, J. American Chem. Soc. 131 (32) 11581-11589.  

  • Sorci, M, Grassucci, R. A., Hahn, I., Frank, J., and Belfort G. (2009) Time-dependent insulin oligomer reaction pathway prior to fibril formation and seeding, Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 77 (32), 62-73.  

  • Skaat, H., Sorci, M., Belfort, G., and Margel, S. (2009) Effect of maghemite nanoparticles on insulin amyloid fibril formation: Selective labeling, kinetics, and fibril removal by a magnetic field,  J. Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 91A (2), 342-351.  

  • Nayak A., Lee, C-C, MacRae, G., and Belfort G. (2009) Osmolyte controlled fibrillation kinetics of insulin: New insight into fibrillation using the preferential exclusion principle”, Biotechnol. Progress, 25 (5) 1508-1514.    

  • Hiraga K., Soga I., Derbyshire, V., Belfort G. and Belfort, M (2010) Directed evolution of intein splicing by phage display: engineering super-splicing inteins that function at high pH, J. Mol. Biol., 393, 1106-1117. 

  • Zhou M, Liu, H, Kilduff, J, Langer, RF, Anderson, DG, and Belfort, G. (2010) High throughput synthesis and screening of new protein resistant surfaces for membrane filtration, AIChE J., 56 (7) 1932-1945.

  • Anand, G., Jamadagni S.N., Garde, S., and Belfort., G (2010) A stable protein-resistant surface using a self-assembled natural osmolyte, Langmuir, 26 (12) 9695-9702. 

  • Venkiteshwaran A. and Belfort, G. (2010) Process optimization diagrams for membrane microfiltration, J. Membrane Science, 357 (1-2) 105-108.

  • Anand, G., Sharma, S., Dutta, A., Kumar, S. and Belfort, G (2010), Conformational transitions of adsorbed proteins on surfaces of varying polarity, Langmuir, 26(13), 10803–10811.  

  • Pease III, L. F., Sorci, M., Guha, S., Tsai, D-H,  Zachariah, M. R., Tarlov, M. J., Belfort, G. (2010) Probing the Nucleus Model for Oligomer Formation during Insulin Amyloid Fibrillogenesis, Biophysical J., 99, 3979-3985.  

  • Heldt, C.L., Sorci, M., Posada, D., Hirsa, A., and Belfort, G (2011) Detection and reduction of microaggregates in insulin preparations, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 108(1): 237-241.   

  • Heldt, C.L., Zhang, S. and Belfort, G (2011) Asymmetric Amyloid Fibril Elongation: A New Perspective on a Symmetric World, Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 79, 92-98.  

  • Anand, G., Zhang, F., Linhardt, R. J., and Belfort, G. (2011) Adsorption and desorption of blood proteins on metallic substrates, Langmuir, 27, 1830-1836.   

  • Pereira, B., Shemella, P., Garde, S., Nayak., S. K., Belfort, G., and Belfort., M (2011). Spontaneous proton transfer to a conserved intein residue determines on-pathway protein splicing, J. Mol. Biol. 406 (3) 430-442. 

  • Zhou, M., Liu, H., Venkiteshwaran, A., Kilduff, J. C., Anderson, D. G., Langer, R. and Belfort G. (2011) High throughput discovery of new fouling-resistant surfaces, J. Mater. Chem., 21, 693-704.  

  • Gu, M., Kilduff, J. E. and Belfort, G (2011) Searching for super protein-resistant synthetic membrane surfaces using high throughput: Solvent effects, J. Membrane Science 368 (1-2) 184-191.  

  • Shemella, P. T, Topilina. N. I., Soga, I., Pereira, B., Van Roey, P., Garde, S., Belfort, G., Belfort, M. and Nayak, S. K. (2011) Electronic structure of neighboring extein residue modulates intein C-terminal cleavage activity, Biophysical J. 100 (9) 2217-2225.

  • Yune, P., Kilduff, J. E. and Belfort, G (2011) Using co-solvents and high throughput to maximize protein resistance for poly(ethylene glycol)-grafted poly(ether sulfone) UF membranes, J. Membrane Sci. 370  (1-2), 166-174  

  • Heldt, C.L., Kurouski, D., Sorci, M., Grafeld, E., Lednev, I.K. and Belfort, G (2011) Isolating toxic insulin amyloid oligomers that lack b-sheets and have wide pH stability, Biophysical J. 100, (11) 2792-2800.

  • Sorci M, Silkworth, W., Gehan, T. and Belfort, G. (2011) Evaluating nuclei concentration in amyloid fibrillation reactions using back-calculation approach, PloS ONE, 6 (5) e20072.

  • Yune, P., Kilduff, J. E. and Belfort, G. (2011) Fouling-resistant properties of poly(ether sulfone) ultrafiltration membrane grafted with poly(ethylene glycol)-based binary monomer, J. Membrane Sci. 377  (1-2), 159-166.

  • Yune, P., Kilduff, J. E. and Belfort, G. (2012) Searching for novel membrane chemistries: Producing a large library from a single graft monomer at high throughput, J. Membrane Sci. 390, 1-11.

  • Gu, M., Kilduff, J. E. and Belfort, G. (2012) High throughput atmospheric pressure plasma-induced graft polymerization for identifying protein-resistant surfaces, Biomaterials, 33 (5) 1261-1270.

  • Gu, M., Yildiz, H., Carrier, R. and Belfort, G. (2013) Discovery of low mucus adhesion surfaces, Acta Biomaterialia, 9 (2) 5201-5207. 

  • Zonca Jr. M. R., Yune, P. S., Heldt, C. L., Belfort, G. and Xie, Y. (2013) High-throughput screening of substrate chemistry for embryonic stem cell attachment: Expansion and maintaining pluripotency, Macromol. Biosci, 13(2) 177-90.  

  • Sorci, M., Gu, M., Heldt, C. L., Grafeld, E. and Belfort, (2013) A multi-dimensional approach for fractionating proteins using charged membranes, Biotechnol. Bioeng., 110, 1704–1717.

  • Sorci, M., Dassa, B., Liu, H., Anand, G., Dutta, A., Belfort, M.B., Pietrokovski, S. and Belfort, G. (2013) Intermolecular force measurements indicate compatibility of cyanobacterial trans-splicing intein segments by a zipper-like mechanism, Analytical Chemistry, 85 (12) 6080-6088.  

  • Gu, M., Vegas, A. J., Anderson, D. G., Langer, Kilduff, J. E. and Belfort, G. (2013) Combinatorial synthesis with high throughput discovery, Biomaterials, 34 (26) 6133-6138.  

  • Connors, C. R., Rosenman, D. J., Lopes D.H. J., Mittal, S., Bitan, G., Sorci, M, Belfort, G, Garcia, A. and Wang, C. (2013) Tranilast binds to Aβ monomers and promotes Aβ fibrillation, Biochemistry, 52 (23) 3995-4002.

  • Radhakrishna, M, Grimaldi, J., Belfort, G., Kumar, S.K. (2013) Stability of proteins inside a hydrophobic cavity, Langmuir, 29 (28) 8922-8928.  

  • Zonca Jr., M. R., Yune, P. S., Williams, J. K., Gu, M. Unser, A. M., Belfort, G. and Xie, Y. (2014) Enhanced stem cell pluripotency in surface-modified electrospun fibrous matrices, Macromolecular Bioscience, 14, 215–224.  

  • Bhadouria, A.S. Radhakrishna Radhakrishna, Sorci, M., Gu, M., Belfort, G., and Hahn, J. (2014) Optimization of a membrane separation process for protein fractionation, I&EC Research. 53, 5103−5109.

  • Kurouski, D., Sorci, M., Postiglione, T., Belfort, G. and Lednev, I. K. (2014) Detection and structural characterization of insulin prefibrilar oligomers using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), Biotechn Progr. 30 (2) 488-495.    

  • Grimaldi, J. Collins C. H. and Belfort, G. (2014) Towards cell-free biofuel production: Stable immobilization of oligomeric enzymes, Biotechnology Progress, 30 (2) 324-331.  

  • Imbrogno, J., Nayak, A., Sorci M. and Belfort, G. (2014) Egg white varnishes on ancient paintings: A molecular connection to amyloid proteins, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 53, 7014-7017.  

  • Takor, G. A.,  Higashiya, S., Sorci, M., Topolina, N. I., Belfort, G. and Welch, J.T., (2014) Chimera-induced folding: Implications for amyloidosis, Biomacromolecules, 15 (8), 2992–3001.

  • Pearson, C. S., Belfort, G., Shekhtman. A., and Belfort M., (2014) Understanding mechanisms of intein splicing and intein inhibition with relevance to tuberculosis, Biomol. NMR Assign., DOI 10.1007/s12104-014-9581-z. 

  • Das, P.,  Kang, S. G., Temple, S., Belfort , G. (2014) Chaperone binding to amyloid beta oligomers inhibits aggregation: insight from molecular dynamics simulations, PLOS ONE,  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113041

  • Das, P., Murray, B., and Belfort G. (2015) "Alzheimer's Protective A2T mutation changes the conformational landscape of the Abeta1-42 monomer differently than does the A2V mutation", Biophysical J. 108 (3) 738-747.

  • Li, Q., Imbrogno, J., Belfort, G, and Wang, X-L (2015) “Making polymeric membranes antifouling via “grafting from” polymerization of zwitterions”, A Review, J. Applied Polymer Science, 132, 41781.  

  • Grimaldi, J., Radhakrishna M., Kumar, S. K., Belfort G. (2015) Protein stability on hydrophilic surfaces. Langmuir, 31 (3) 1005-1010. 

  • Murray, B., Rosenthal, J., Zheng, Z., Isaacson, D., and Zhu, Y-X, and Belfort, G. (2015). "Cosolute Effects on Amyloid Aggregation in a Non-diffusion Limited Regime: Intrinsic Osmolyte Properties and the Volume Exclusion Principle." Langmuir 31(14) 4246-4254.

  • Imbrogno, J., Williams, M. D., and Belfort, G. (2015) A new combinatorial method to synthesize, screen, and discover anti-fouling surface chemistries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7 (4) 2385-2392. 

  • Grimaldi, J.  Imbrogno, J. and Belfort G. (2015) A new class of synthetic membranes: Organophilic pervaporation brushes for organic recovery, ACS Chemistry of Materials 27, (11) 4142-4148.  

  • Pearson, C. S., Belfort, G., Belfort, M., and Shekhtman, A (2015). "Backbone assignments of mini-RecA intein with short native exteins and an active N-terminal catalytic cysteine." Biomolecular Nmr Assignments 9 (2) 235-238.

  • Zheng, Z., Jing, B., Sorci, M., Belfort, G., and Zhu, Y. (2015) Accelerated insulin aggregation under AC-electric fields: Relevance to amyoid kinetics, Biomicrofluidics 9, (4) 044123.1-12.   

  • Grimaldi, J., Collins, C. H., and Belfort G. (2016) Towards cell-free isobutanol production: Development of a novel immobilized enzyme system, Biotech. Prog. 32 (1) 66-73. 

  • Murray, B., Sorci, M., Rosenthal, J., Lippens, J., Isaacson, D., Das, P., Fabris, D., Li. S., and Belfort, G. (2016) A2T and A2V Aβ Peptides Exhibit Different Aggregation Kinetics, Morphology, Structure and LTP Inhibition, Proteins, 84, 488–500.

  • Imbrogno, J. and Belfort, G. (2016) (Invited Review) Membrane desalination: Where are we and what can we learn from fundamentals? Annual Reviews of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 7: 29-64.

  • Rosenthal J. H., Belfort, G and Isaacson, D (2016) Early Treatment Critical: Bexarotene Reduces Amyloid-Beta Burden In Silico, PLOS tuberculosis,. PLOS ONE DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0153150.  

  • Pearson, C. S., Kloos, Z., Murray, B., Tabe, E., Gupta, M., Kwak, JH., Karande, P., McDonough, KA., and Belfort, G. (2016) Combined Bioinformatic and Rational Design Approach to Develop Antimicrobial Peptides against Mycobacterium, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60 (5) 2757-2764

  • Chan, H., Pearson, C. S. Green, C., Li, Z., Belfort, G., Shekhtman, A., Li H., and Belfort M. (2016) Exploring Intein Inhibition by Platinum Compounds as an Antimicrobial Strategy J. Biological Chemistry, 291, 22661-22670.  

  • Keating IV, J. J., Imbrogno J. and Belfort G. (2016) Polymer Brushes for Membrane Separations: A Review, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (42) 28383–28399.

  • Murray, B. Pearson, C. S., Aranjo, A, Cherupalla, D. and Belfort, G. (2016) Mechanism of Four de novo Designed Antimicrobial Peptides, J. Biological Chemistry, 291, 25706-25715.  

  • Das, P., Chacko, A., and Belfort, G. (2016) Alzheimer’s Protective Cross-interaction Between Wild-type and A2T Variants Alters Aβ42 Dimer Structure, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 112, (3), 363a

  • Barrett, A., Imbrogno, J., Belfort, G., Petersen, P. B. (2016) Phosphate ions effect water structure at functionalized membrane surfaces, Langmuir, 32 (35), 9074–9082.  

  • Imbrogno, J., Keating, J. J., Kilduff ,J., and Belfort, G. (2017) (Invited Review) Critical Aspects of RO Desalination: A Combination Strategy, 50th Anniversary Issue of Desalination J, Desalination 401, 68–87.  

  • Murray, B., Sharma B., and Belfort G. (2017) N-Terminal Hypothesis for Alzheimer’s Disease: Mechanistic Insight, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 8 (3) 432–434.     

  • Tian, Y., Zonca Jr., M. R., Imbrogno, J., Unser, A. M., Sfakis, L., Temple, S., Belfort, G., Xie, Y. (2017) Polarized, Cobblestone, Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Maturation on a Synthetic PEG Matrix, ACS Biomater. Sci. & Eng., 3(6) 890−902 

  • Shrestha, N., Chilkoor, G., Xia, L., Alvarado, C., Kilduff, J., Keating IV, J. J., Belfort, G., Gadhamshetty, V. (2017) Integrated Membrane and Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies for Enabling Energy-Efficient Effluent Re-use in Power Plants, Water Research, 117, 37-48.  

  • Keating IV, J.J., Lee, A. and Belfort, G. (2017) Predictive Tool for Design and Analysis of ARGET-ATRP Grafting Reactions, Macromolecules, 50, 7930-7939.

  • Keating IV, J. J., Sorci, M., Kocsis, I., Setaro, A., Underhill, P., Barboiu, M., and Belfort, G. (2018) Atmospheric Pressure Plasma - ARGET ATRP Modification of Poly(ether sulfone) Membranes: A Combination Attack, J. Membr. Sci.,546, 151-157. 

  • Kocsis, I., Sorci, M., Vanselous, H. Murail, S., Sanders, S. E., Licsandru, E., Legrand, Y-M., van der Lee, A., Baaden, M., Petersen, P. B., Belfort, G., and Barboiu, M. (2018) Oriented chiral water wires in artificial transmembrane channels, Science Advances, 4 (3) 1-9: eaao5603.

  • Srinivasan, K., Sorci, M., Sejergaard, L., Ranjan, S., Belfort, G., Cramer, S. M. (2018) Protein Binding Kinetics in Multimodal Systems: Implications for Protein Separations, Anal. Chem., 90 (4) 2609-2617.   

  • Sharma, B., Ranganathan, S. V., and Belfort, G (2018) Weaker N-terminal interactions for the protective over the causative Aβ peptide dimer mutants, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, DOI10.1021/acschemneuro. 7b00412; 9 (6) 1247-1253.

  • Keating IV, J. J., Bhattacharya, S. and Belfort G. (2018) Separation of D, L- Amino Acids using Ligand Exchange Membranes, J. Membr. Sci., 555, 30-37.  

  • Pearson, C. S., Scalabrin, M., Callahan, B. P., Li, H., Fabris, D., Belfort, G. and Belfort, M. (2018) Thiazoline Ring Formation in an Engineered Intein Provides Mechanistic Insight and Serves as a Splicing Switch, Biotechnol Bioengineering, DOI: 10.1002/bit.26875, 1-17

  • Belfort, G. (2019) Membrane filtration with liquids: A Global approach with prior successes, new developments and unresolved challenges, Angewandte Chemie, 5131, 1908–1918. 

  • Hwang, S., Chan, H., Van Deventer, J., Wittrup, K. D., Belfort, G., and Walt, D.  (2019) Detection of Amyloid β Peptides for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease, Anal. Biochem., 566, 40-45.  

  • Paiyz E. Mikael, P.E., Udangawa, R., Sorci, M., Cress, B, Shein, Z., Belfort, G., Shoseyov, O., Dordick, J. S., Linhardt, R. J. (2019) “Production and characterization of recombinant collagen binding resilin nanocomposite for regenerative medicine applications”, Regen. Eng. Transl. Med. (2019) 5, 362-372.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s40883-019-00092-8. 

  • Hayama, R., Sorci, M., Keating IV, J. J., Hecht, L. M., Plawsky, J. L. Belfort, G*., Chait*, B. T., Rout*, M. P. (2019) Interactions of nuclear transport factors and surface-conjugated FG nucleoporins: Insights and limitations, PlosOne 14(6): e0217897. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217897.   

  • Mihailescu, M., Sorci, M., Seckute, J., Silin,, V. I., Hammer, J., Perrin, Jr. S., Hernandez, J. I., Smajic, N., Shrestha, A., Bogardus, K. A., Greenwood, A. I., Fu, R., Blazyk, J., Pastor, R. W., Nicholson, L. K., Belfort, G., and Cotton, M. L. (2019) “Structure and function in antimicrobial piscidins: Histidine position, directionality of membrane insertion, and pH-dependent permeabilization”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.141, (25) 9837-9853.  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b00440. 

  • Brennecke, J. F. (Chair), Belfort, G., Clark, A., Kolthammer, B., Moyer, B., Olesik, S., Rosso, K. M., Shiflett, M. B., Sholl, D., Smith, Z. P., Soderholm, L., Tsapatsis, M., Wirth M. J. (Committee Members) (2019) “A Research Agenda for Transforming Separation Science” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25421. 

  • Sorci, M., Woodcock, C. C, Andersen, D. J., Reza, A., Nunes, S., Plawsky, J. L., Belfort, G., (2020) Linking microstructure of membranes and performance. J. Membr. Sci. 594, 117419.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117419.  

  • Wong, M., Zha, J., Sorci, M., Gasparis, G., Belfort, M., Belfort, G., Koffas, M. (2020) “Cell-Free Production of Isobutanol- A completely immobilized system” Bioresource Technol., 294, 122104.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122104.   

  • Chew, J. W., Kilduff, J. E., Belfort, G (2020) “The behavior of suspensions and macromolecular solutions in crossflow microfiltration: An update”, J. Membr. Sci., 601, 117865.  

  • Gunter, K., Sorci, M., Belfort, G. (2020) Predictive Tool for Design and Analysis of SET-LRP Polymer Grafting Reactions, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2, 11, 4924-4935.  

  • Ramesh, P., Xu, W. L., Sorci, C. Trent, C., Lee, S., Kilduff, J., Yu, M. and Belfort, G., (2021) “Organic solvent filtration by brush membranes: Permeability, selectivity and fouling correlate with degree of SET-LRP grafting”, J. Membr. Sci.618,118699.  

  • Wong, M., Badri, A., Gasparis, C., Belfort, G. and Koffas, M. (2021) “Modular Optimization in Metabolic Engineering”, Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 56(1) (6) 587-602, DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2021.1937928.  

  • Zhang, S., Ciora, R., Sengupta, B., Li, H., Belfort, G., Li, S, Zhou R., and Yu, Miao (2021) “Ultrathin microporous metal–organic network membranes for molecular separation” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 25531–25538. DOI: 10.1039/d1ta07883f

  • Belfort, G (2021) “Opinion: Using Data to Hire High-Impact Faculty”, The Scientist Magazine, https://www.the-scientist.com/magazine-issue/opinion-using-data-to-hire-high-impact-faculty-69436. 

  • Gupta, M., Wong, M., Jawed, K., Gedeon, K., Barrett, H., Bassalo, M., Morrison, C., Yazdani, Eqbal, D., Yazdani, S. S., Gill, R. T., Huang, J., Dauaisi, M., Dordick, J., Belfort, G., Koffas, M. A. G. (2022) Isobutanol production by combined in vivo and in vitro metabolic engineering, Metabolic Engr. Comm., 15, e00210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118699

  • Ramesh, P., Sorci, M., Sengupta, B., Karla, S., Hao, Z., Yu, M., Kilduff, J., and Belfort, G. (2023) Highly tunable structure-by-design polymer brush membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration, J. of Membr. Sci., 678, 121656.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121656

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