Polymer blends are proving to be important in emerging technologies including as gas separation membranes [1]. The blending of existing polymers offers the distinct advantage of being able to develop new materials with potentially synergistic properties not attainable with the individual polymer components and without the need to synthesize new macromolecules [2]. We recently developed phasesep...

Abstract Nowadays, continuous development of soft-electronics and wearable devices opens to the needs stretchable flexible materials able interface with human body. In this scenario, biopolymers are particularly intriguing given their biocompatibility biodegradability. For application in specific field material requires several properties such as biological mechanical performance thermal stabil...

Highly selective cellulose acetate (CA)/poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/titanium dioxide (TiO2) imprinted membranes were synthesized by phase inversion and dip coating technique. The CA blend imprinted membrane was synthesized by phase inversion technique with CA as membrane matrix, polyethyleneimine (PEI) as the functional polymer, and the salicylic acid (SA) as the template molecule. The CA/PVA/Ti...

Membranes have a lot of potential for harvesting microalgae, but membrane fouling is hampering their breakthrough. In this study, the effects charge and corrugated surface on filtration performance were investigated. The clean water permeance (CWP), microalgae efficiency flux microalgal broth determined using patterned polysulfone (PSf) membranes with different shapes patterns containing densit...

Blend proton exchange membranes (BPEMs) were prepared by blending sulfonated poly(aryl ether nitrile) (SPAEN) with phosphorylated poly(vinylbenzyl chloride) (PPVBC) and named as SPM-x%, where x refers to the proportion of PPVBC weight SPAEN. The chemical complexation interaction between phosphoric acid sulfonic groups in PPVBC–SPAEN system resulted BPEMs reduced water uptake enhanced mechanical...

?2 microglobulin (?2m) fibril has been recognized as the major factor of dialysis-related amyloidosis. elevated serum levels are thought to be the basis for tissue deposition. in order to evaluate the effect of cellulosis membrane (fb 110) and treatment duration on s?2m levels, we determined serum levels in 23 hemodialyzed patients with end-stage renal failure. s?2m levels were markedly elevate...