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- Torto, N., et al.
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In situ poly(ethylene imine) coating of hollow fiber membranes used for microdialysis sampling
- 2004
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Ingår i: Pure and Applied Chemistry. - : Walter de Gruyter GmbH. - 0033-4545 .- 1365-3075. ; 76:4, s. 879-888
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A method for the in situ modification of hollow fiber membranes used as sampling units for microdialysis probes is presented. The method consists of adsorption-coating, high-molecular-weight poly(ethylene imine), PEI, onto membranes, already fitted on microdialysis probes. Modification of membranes was designed to specifically explore the so-called Andrade effects and thus enhance the interaction of membranes with enzyme. The performances of polysulfone, polyethersulfone, and polyamide membranes modified with PEI-enzyrne complex were evaluated based on the membrane extraction fraction for maltose and maltotriose and membrane morphology as examined by scanning electron microscopy. Of the membranes tested, the PEI-enzyme complex least affected the performance of the polysulfone membranes. Conversion of maltoheptaose to maltotriose and maltose was increased reproducibly (within a 5 % relative standard deviation) by 50 % for modified membranes compared to the native hollow fiber membranes. The results demonstrate the potential to effectively modify membranes already fitted on a microdialysis probe. Such a procedure can be modified and employed to either promote or reduce membrane-protein interaction for hollow fibers used as microdialysis sampling units or other similar membrane applications.
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