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Fabrication and performance evaluation of blood compatible hemodialysis membrane using carboxylic multiwall carbon nanotubes and low molecular weight polyvinylpyrrolidone based nanocomposites

Irfan, Muhammad and Irfan, Masooma and Idris, Ani and Baig, Nadeem and Saleh, Tawfik A. and Nasiri, Rozita and Iqbal, Younas and Muhammad, Nawshad and Rehman, Fozia and Khalid, Hamad (2019) Fabrication and performance evaluation of blood compatible hemodialysis membrane using carboxylic multiwall carbon nanotubes and low molecular weight polyvinylpyrrolidone based nanocomposites. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, 107 (3). pp. 513-525. ISSN 1549-3296

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.36566

Abstract

This study focused to optimize the performance of polyethersulfone (PES) hemodialysis (HD) membrane using carboxylic functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (c-MWCNT) and lower molecular weight grade of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP-k30). Initially, MWCNT were chemically functionalized by acid treatment and nanocomposites (NCs) of PVP-k30 and c-MWCNT were formed and subsequently blended with PES polymer. The spectra of FTIR of the HD membranes revealed that NCs has strong hydrogen bonding and their addition to PES polymer improved the capillary system of membranes as confirmed by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) and leaching of the additive decreased to 2% and hydrophilicity improved to 22%. The pore size and porosity of NCs were also enhanced and rejection rate was achieved in the establish dialysis range (<60 kDa). The antifouling studies had shown that NCs membrane exhibited 30% less adhesion of protein with 80% flux recovery ratio. The blood compatibility assessment disclosed that NCs based membranes showed prolonged thrombin and prothrombin clotting times, lessened production of fibrinogen cluster, and greatly suppressed adhesion of blood plasma than a pristine PES membrane. The results also unveiled that PVP-k30/NCs improved the surface properties of the membrane and the urea and creatinine removal increased to 72% and 75% than pure PES membranes. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 107A: 513–525, 2019.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:carboxylic-MWCNT, hemodialysis, polyethersulfone
Subjects:T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:Chemical and Energy Engineering
ID Code:87659
Deposited By: Yanti Mohd Shah
Deposited On:30 Nov 2020 12:57
Last Modified:30 Nov 2020 12:57

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