“Preliminary Diffusive Clearance of Silicon Nanopore Membranes in a Parallel Plate Configuration for Renal Replacement Therapy” – Link “First Implantation of Silicon Nanopore Membrane Hemofilters” – Link My slideshow – Fissell Journal Club Slides These are two references for permeability and selectivity.…

http://www.genengnews.com/insight-and-intelligence/silicon-ideal-to-culture-patient-on-a-chip/77900627/ Organs-on-Chips Remotely Monitored, Controlled via Google Glass

Since I’m now back pretty much full time on the filter project, I’ll give a quick update about where we stand and where I’m going with it, as well as some (negative) results from this week.   On the membrane…

Porous metal-organic framework (MOF) crystal is obtained by precipitation after mixing an aqueous solution of cadmium nitrate and the solution of 4,4’-bipyridine in anhydrous ethanol.  It is found that the crystallization occurred when ethanol evaporated from the mixture.  As a…

We’ve completed two successful 4-hour small animal hemodialysis experiments. I’ve also analysed the serum from all previous experiments. This graph shows only the recently analysed serum and doesn’t include the previously analyzed data. I’ll give a more detailed analysis of…

I’ve been working hard on my model paper for a few months now. My first attempt at doing separations with Track Etched (TE) membranes, which are all 6um thick and come in pore sizes of either 30 nm or 50 nm,…

Background Focal adhesions occur in 2D cell cultures as substrates apply large forces on cells. Previous experiments showed that focal adhesions formed on TCP and on non-porous SiO2 membranes but that less formed on 3.0µm-pore SiO2 porous membranes and even…

We have previously observed some interesting transfer characteristics of our nanomembranes, using water vapor (breath) to delaminate and adhere them to glass and silicon nitride surfaces. Some membrane transfers do not appear to be stable (fragments or floats away when…

Nair(Geim)Science12 Supplement Laminates of GO from 0.1 to 10 um thick on copper foil with an etched hole of 1 cm. Casually mentions >1.5 psi applied to materials < 1 um thick over 1 cm diameter hole. This seems to…

Please see the attachment: Crystal Growth inside Nanopores