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Portable, wearable and implantable artificial kidney systems: needs, opportunities and challenges
Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2023 Haemodialysis is life sustaining but expensive, provides limited removal of uraemic solutes, is associated with poor patient quality of life and has a large carbon footprint.
David Ramada +9 more
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Restoration of the Performance of Membranes Fouled and Wetted in a Pilot-scale Membrane Distillation Process [PDF]
대한환경공학회지Objectives The fouling and wetting of membranes in membrane distillation processes can significantly reduce membrane performance, thereby affecting overall process efficiency.
Joowan Lim +6 more
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Polymeric Membranes for Biomedical Applications
Polymers, 2023 Polymeric membranes are selective materials used in a wide range of applications that require separation processes, from water filtration and purification to industrial separations.
Elena-Ruxandra Radu +2 more
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Materials Today Bio, 2022 Bone nonunion or delayed union, caused by stripping or injuring of periosteum, is the most common sequelae of segmental bone defects. The preservation of periosteum, or the use of periosteal grafts, can significantly improve the integration of bone graft,
Xi He +6 more
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Identifying and Manipulating Giant Vesicles: Review of Recent Approaches
Micromachines, 2022 Giant vesicles (GVs) are closed bilayer membranes that primarily comprise amphiphiles with diameters of more than 1 μm. Compared with regular vesicles (several tens of nanometers in size), GVs are of greater scientific interest as model cell membranes ...
Taro Toyota, Yiting Zhang
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Attractive instability of oppositely charged membranes induced by charge density fluctuations [PDF]
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 138101 (2004), 2004 We predict the conditions under which two oppositely charged membranes show a dynamic, attractive instability. Two layers with unequal charges of opposite sign can repel or be stable when in close proximity. However, dynamic charge density fluctuations can induce an attractive instability and thus facilitate fusion.
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A Review on Membrane Fouling Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)
Membranes, 2023 Membrane fouling is a major hurdle to effective pressure-driven membrane processes, such as microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), and reverse osmosis (RO).
Waad H. Abuwatfa +4 more
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Spicules and the effect of rigid rods on enclosing membrane tubes [PDF]
, 2005 Membrane tubes (spicules) arise in cells, or artificial membranes, in the nonlinear deformation regime due to, e.g. the growth of microtubules, actin filaments or sickle hemoglobin fibers towards a membrane. We calculate the axial force exerted by the cylindrical membrane tube, and its average radius, by taking into account steric interactions between ...
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Statistical mechanics of asymmetric tethered membranes: spiral and crumpled phases [PDF]
Phys. Rev. E 99, 053004 (2019), 2019 We develop the elastic theory for inversion-asymmetric tethered membranes and use it to identify and study their possible phases. Asymmetry in a tethered membrane causes spontaneous curvature, which in general depends upon the local in-plane dilation of the tethered network.
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ACS Nano, 2019 Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are the most common bacterial virulence proteins and play a significant role in the pathogenesis of bacterial infections; thus, PFTs are an attractive therapeutic target in bacterial infections.
Yuwei He +12 more
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