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Protein adsorption on blood-contact membranes
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This article reviews studies on the mechanism, affecting factors, and controlling strategies associated with protein adsorption in blood aphereses and purification procedures.About:
This article is published in Journal of Membrane Science.The article was published on 2003-09-01. It has received 172 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Protein adsorption & Membrane.read more
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Advanced functional polymer membranes
TL;DR: A comprehensive overview on the development of polymeric membranes having advanced or novel functions in the various membrane sepn processes for liq. and gaseous mixts can be found in this paper.
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Modification of polyethersulfone membranes – A review of methods
TL;DR: In this paper, the development in the area of polyethersulfone (PES) membrane modification subjected to RO, UF, NF, gas separation (GS), and biomedical applications is discussed.
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Medical applications of membranes: Drug delivery, artificial organs and tissue engineering
Dimitrios Stamatialis,Bernke J. Papenburg,Miriam Girones,Saiful Saiful,N.M. Srivatsa Bettahalli,Stephanie Schmitmeier,Matthias Wessling +6 more
TL;DR: This review shows the important role of membrane science and technology in medical applications but also highlights the importance of collaboration of membrane scientists with others (biologists, bioengineers, medical doctors, etc.) in order to address the complicated challenges in this field.
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Effects of polyether–polyamide block copolymer coating on performance and fouling of reverse osmosis membranes
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of a water-permeable polymer coating on the performance and fouling of high-flux (ESPA1 and ESPA3) and low-fluency (SWC4) polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes were investigated.
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Poly(N‐vinylpyrrolidone)‐Modified Surfaces for Biomedical Applications
TL;DR: PVP may be seen as a promising antifouling surface modifier comparable to poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG).
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Intermolecular and surface forces
TL;DR: The forces between atoms and molecules are discussed in detail in this article, including the van der Waals forces between surfaces, and the forces between particles and surfaces, as well as their interactions with other forces.
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Protein—surface interactions in the presence of polyethylene oxide
TL;DR: In this paper, the steric repulsion free energy and van der Waals attraction free energy of polyethylene oxide (PEO) chains were calculated as a function of surface density and chain length of PEO.
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Plasma-surface modification of biomaterials
TL;DR: This article reviews the various common plasma techniques and experimental methods as applied to biomedical materials research, such as plasma sputtering and etching, plasma implantation, plasma deposition, plasma polymerization, laser plasma deposited, plasma spraying, and so on.
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Preparation of phospholipid polymers and their properties as polymer hydrogel membranes.
TL;DR: A methacrylate monomer having the phospholipid polar group, 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) was prepared by an improved method with good yield as mentioned in this paper.