Surface characterization of hollow fiber membranes used in artificial kidney

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4386-4400

  Rafat, Mehrdad ^a   De, Dibyendu ^b   Khulbe, K C ^a   Nguyen, Thanh ^b   Matsuura, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Contact angle measurement; Hollow fiber membranes; Polysulfone; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPIC SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSULFONES; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACES;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

FIBER PROPERTY; HOLLOW FIBER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL; POLYMER BLEND; POLYSULFONE; SURFACE MODIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 33748294240     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.23052     Document Type: Article

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