An optically reversible switching membrane surface

A Nayak, H Liu, G Belfort

Index: Nayak, Arpan; Liu, Hongwei; Belfort, Georges Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2006 , vol. 45, # 25 p. 4094 - 4098

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Abstract

The surface chemistry of synthetic membranes is of great interest to the bioprocessing of protein-containing solutions, to the filtration of medically relevant solutions, and to the performance of membrane-based sensors.[1] For biosensors, controlling the polarity of the membrane and reducing nonspecific protein adsorption would significantly improve signal to noise ratios. This may also be useful as a switch to control diffusive transport to biosensor ...