A review of commercial developments and recent laboratory research of dialyzers and membranes for hemodialysis application

N Said, WJ Lau, YC Ho, SK Lim, MN Zainol Abidin… - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dialyzers have been commercially used for hemodialysis application since the 1950s, but
progress in improving their efficiencies has never stopped over the decades. This article …

Progress in heparin and heparin-like/mimicking polymer-functionalized biomedical membranes

C Cheng, S Sun, C Zhao - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Research into the design of heparin and heparin-like/mimicking polymer-functionalized
biomedical membranes is of tremendous interest to the biomedical sector in particular and is …

Advances in polymeric cation exchange membranes for electrodialysis: An overview

AK Thakur, M Malmali - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•This review addresses the current status of the state-of-the-art cation exchange
membranes (CEMs).•The progress in designing homogeneous, heterogeneous, and surface …

Enhancement in hydrophilicity of different polymer phase-inversion ultrafiltration membranes by introducing PEG/Al2O3 nanoparticles

J Garcia-Ivars, MI Alcaina-Miranda… - Separation and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The influence of the modification by additives in the characteristics of several ultrafiltration
polymeric membranes was studied. Three asymmetric membranes with similar pore size …

Electrostatic assembly of superwetting porous nanofibrous membrane toward oil-in-water microemulsion separation

N Wang, Y Zhai, Y Yang, X Yang, Z Zhu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Creating a lotus-leaf-structured membrane surface with nano/microstructures plays a key
role in the development of functional membranes for oil/water separation; however …

Enhancement of microbial fuel cell efficiency by incorporation of graphene oxide and functionalized graphene oxide in sulfonated polyethersulfone membrane

M Shabani, H Younesi, M Pontié, A Rahimpour… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work examines, for the first time, the use of thiolated graphene oxide (TGO), in
polyelectrolyte composite membranes as an effective approach to enhance the MFC …

Treatment of laundry wastewater using polyethersulfone/polyvinylpyrollidone ultrafiltration membranes

A Sumisha, G Arthanareeswaran, YL Thuyavan… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, laundry wastewater filtration was studied using hydrophilic polyvinylpyrollidone
(PVP) modified polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration membranes. The performances of …

Nanofiltration composite membranes of polyethersulfone and graphene oxide and sulfonated graphene oxide

N Gholami, H Mahdavi - Advances in Polymer Technology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, the polyethersulfone (PES) mixed matrix nanofiltration membranes with
the embedding of the graphene oxide (GO) and sulfonated graphene oxide (s‐GO) …

Impact of membrane modification and surface immobilization techniques on the hemocompatibility of hemodialysis membranes: A critical Review

S Nazari, A Abdelrasoul - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite significant research efforts, hemodialysis patients have poor survival rates and low
quality of life. Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes are the core of hemodialysis treatment, acting …

Heparin-mimicking polyethersulfone membranes–hemocompatibility, cytocompatibility, antifouling and antibacterial properties

SS Li, Y Xie, T Xiang, L Ma, C He, S Sun… - Journal of Membrane …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, a series of heparin-mimicking polyethersulfone (PES) membranes were
prepared through a highly efficient, convenient and universal in situ cross-linking …