Title :
Blending Sulfonated Polyethersulfone to Improve the Blood Compatibility of Polyethersulfone Membrane
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Hollow Fiber Membrane Mater. & Membrane Process of Minist. of Educ., Tianjin Polytech. Univ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
To improve the blood compatibility of polyethersulfone (PES) membrane, sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES) was synthesized through an electrophilic substitution reaction and PES/SPES blending membranes were prepared. The characterization of the SPES was studied by FTIR. The water adsorption and water contact angle experiments show that the hydrophilicity of PES/SPES blend membrane was improved as for the sulfonate group existing in the SPES. Moreover, PES/SPES blend membrane could effectively reduce bovine serum albumin adsorption and prolong the blood coagulation time compared with the PES membrane. Overall results of this study demonstrated that blending SPES would be beneficial to improve the blood compatibility of PES membranes.
Keywords :
biomedical materials; biomembranes; blood; hydrophilicity; polymers; proteins; FTIR; PES/SPES blend membrane; blood compatibility; bovine serum albumin; electrophilic substitution reaction; hydrophilicity; polyethersulfone membrane; sulfonated polyethersulfone; water adsorption; water contact angle; Biological materials; Biomembranes; Blood; Bovine; Chemicals; Coagulation; Infrared spectra; Polymers; Proteins; Scanning electron microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2901-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2902-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5162459
