Presentation in this post is based on the paper entitled “Large Area Synthesis of a Nanoporous Two-Dimensional Polymer at the Air/Water Interface”. Paper: Murray(King)JACS15 Supporting Information: Murray(King)JACS15 – SI Presentation Slides (PDF): Two-Dimensional Porous Membranes    

160112 LO Grant Update

01-12-16 NSF STTR Meeting Slides in .pptx format

Hi all, I’m Kilean. I’m a first year grad student in BME doing my rotations. My rotation project has been working on developing a method that can isolate exosomes from blood plasma. We are trying to compete with techniques such…

(UPDATED with n=4) I’ve repeated the burst pressure experiments performed by Sabrina, with the 75 nm thick hemodialysis chips. The previous chips are 50 nm with a burst pressure of 1.5 psi (10.5 kPa). I found the burst pressure of the 75…

In preparation for the ICNMM conference next summer (and more immediately, the paper they’ve requested by January) I’ve started thinking about what our membranes can offer extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO. This post will begin with some background information that…

Introduction: After meeting with Tucker, he showed me the experiment he conducted to induce membrane transfer to, supposedly, any kind of surface. The method he used was initially with breath, and then he passed on to deionized water vapor. The…

The new oxide chips arrived this week, so I have materials for lots of experiments going forward. The current inventory stands as follows: ~100x NPN chips (mostly still in wafer form) 81x 20nm SiN + 200nm  + 10nm SiN cap…

Background:  The purpose of these experiments was to investigate the formation of gap junctions between co-cultured HUVEC and ADSC across 0.5µm HP SiO2 and 0.4 µm HP Track-Etched membranes. Gap junctions are channels that allow small molecules to pass directly…

Principle of Operation The electrokinetic properties of charged membrane make it possible for conversion between the electrical and mechanical regimes. The electroosmosis is an example of converting from the electrical to mechanical powers. In reverse, exchanging the mechanical energy for…