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Crago M, Lee A, Hoang TP, Talebian S, Naficy S. Protein adsorption on blood-contacting surfaces: A thermodynamic perspective to guide the design of antithrombogenic polymer coatings. Acta Biomater 2024; 180:46-60. [PMID: 38615811 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
Abstract
Blood-contacting medical devices often succumb to thrombosis, limiting their durability and safety in clinical applications. Thrombosis is fundamentally initiated by the nonspecific adsorption of proteins to the material surface, which is strongly governed by thermodynamic factors established by the nature of the interaction between the material surface, surrounding water molecules, and the protein itself. Along these lines, different surface materials (such as polymeric, metallic, ceramic, or composite) induce different entropic and enthalpic changes at the surface-protein interface, with material wettability significantly impacting this behavior. Consequently, protein adsorption on medical devices can be modulated by altering their wettability and surface energy. A plethora of polymeric coating modifications have been utilized for this purpose; hydrophobic modifications may promote or inhibit protein adsorption determined by van der Waals forces, while hydrophilic materials achieve this by mainly relying on hydrogen bonding, or unbalanced/balanced electrostatic interactions. This review offers a cohesive understanding of the thermodynamics governing these phenomena, to specifically aid in the design and selection of hemocompatible polymeric coatings for biomedical applications. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Blood-contacting medical devices often succumb to thrombosis, limiting their durability and safety in clinical applications. A plethora of polymeric coating modifications have been utilized for addressing this issue. This review offers a cohesive understanding of the thermodynamics governing these phenomena, to specifically aid in the design and selection of hemocompatible polymeric coatings for biomedical applications.
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- Matthew Crago
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW 2008, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW 2008, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW 2008, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW 2008, Australia.
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW 2008, Australia.
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Wang Y, Cheng C, Li S, Sun S, Zhao C. Immobilization of carbonic anhydrase on modified PES membranes for artificial lungs. J Mater Chem B 2024; 12:2364-2372. [PMID: 38345129 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb02553e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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The introduction of carbonic anhydrase (CA) onto an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) membrane can improve the permeability of carbon dioxide (CO2). However, existing CA-grafting methods have limitations, and the hemocompatibility of current substrate membranes of commercial ECMO is not satisfactory. In this study, a 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC)/N-hydroxy succinimide (NHS) activation method is adopted to graft CA with CO2-catalyzed conversion activity onto a polyethersulfone (PES) membrane, which is prepared by a phase inversion technique after in situ crosslinking polymerization of 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (VP) and acrylic acid (AA) in PES solution. The characterization results reveal that CA has been grafted onto the modified PES membrane successfully and exhibits catalytic activity. The kinetic parameters of esterase activity verify that the grafted amount of active CA increases with an increase in the concentration of the CA incubation solution. The CA-grafted membrane (CA-M) can accelerate the conversion of bicarbonate to CO2 in water and blood, which demonstrates the special catalytic activity towards bicarbonate of CA. Finally, blood compatibility tests prove that the CA-M does not lead to hemolysis, shows suppressed protein adsorption and increased coagulation time, and is suitable for application in ECMO. This work demonstrates a green and efficient method for preparing bioactive materials and has practical guiding significance for subsequent pulmonary membrane research and ECMO applications.
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- Yi Wang
- Sichuan University, College Biomedical Engineering, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China.
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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Li R, Li Y, Bai Y, Yi P, Sun C, Shi S, Gong YK. Achieving superior anticoagulation of endothelial membrane mimetic coating by heparin grafting at zwitterionic biocompatible interfaces. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 257:128574. [PMID: 38052281 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Thrombosis and bleeding are common complications of blood-contacting medical device therapies. In this work, an endothelium membrane mimetic coating (PMPCC/Hep) has been created to address these challenges. The coating is fabricated by multi-point anchoring of a phosphorylcholine copolymer (poly-MPC-co-MSA, PMPCC) with carboxylic side chains and end-group grafting of unfractionated heparin (Hep) onto polydopamine precoated blood-contacting material surfaces. The PMPCC coating forms an ultrathin cell outer membrane mimetic layer to resist protein adsorption and platelet adhesion. The tiny defects/pores of the PMPCC layer provide entrances for heparin end-group to be inserted and grafted onto the sub-layer amino groups. The combination of the PMPCC cell membrane mimetic anti-fouling nature with the grafted heparin bioactivity further enhances the anticoagulation performance of the formed endothelium membrane mimetic PMPCC/Hep coating. Compared to conventional Hep coating, the PMPCC/Hep coating further decreases protein adsorption and platelet adhesion by 50 % and 90 %, respectively. More significantly, the PMPCC/Hep coating shows a superior anticoagulation activity, even significantly higher than that of an end-point-attached heparin coating. Furthermore, the blood coagulation function is well preserved in the PMPCC/Hep coating anticoagulation strategy. All the results support that the PMPCC/Hep coating strategy has great potential in developing more efficient and safer blood-contacting medical devices.
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- Rong Li
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xian 710127, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xian 710127, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xian 710127, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xian 710127, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xian 710127, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xian 710127, Shaanxi, PR China; Institute of Materials Science and New Technology, Northwest University, Xian 710127, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xian 710127, Shaanxi, PR China; Institute of Materials Science and New Technology, Northwest University, Xian 710127, Shaanxi, China.
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Ye SH, Orizondo RA, De BN, Kim S, Frankowski BJ, Federspiel WJ, Wagner WR. Epoxy silane sulfobetaine block copolymers for simple, aqueous thromboresistant coating on ambulatory assist lung devices. J Biomed Mater Res A 2024; 112:99-109. [PMID: 37929658 PMCID: PMC10629844 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Developing an ambulatory assist lung (AAL) for patients who need continuous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has been associated with several design objectives, including the design of compact components, optimization of gas transfer efficiency, and reduced thrombogenicity. In an effort to address thrombogenicity concerns with currently utilized component biomaterials, a low molecular weight water soluble siloxane-functionalized zwitterionic sulfobetaine (SB-Si) block copolymer was coated on a full-scale AAL device set via a one pot aqueous circulation coating. All device parts including hollow fiber bundle, housing, tubing and cannular were successfully coated with increasing atomic compositions of the SB block copolymer and the coated surfaces showed a significant reduction of platelet deposition while gas exchange performance was sustained. However, water solubility of the SB-Si was unstable, and the coating method, including oxygen plasma pretreatment on the surfaces were considered inconsistent with the objective of developing a simple aqueous coating. Addressing these weaknesses, SB block copolymers were synthesized bearing epoxy or epoxy-silane groups with improved water solubility (SB-EP & SB-EP-Si) and no requirement for surface pretreatment (SB-EP-Si). An SB-EP-Si triblock copolymer showed the most robust coating capacity and stability without prior pretreatment to represent a simple aqueous circulation coating on an assembled full-scale AAL device.
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- Sang-Ho Ye
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States
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Yao M, Yan Z, Sun X, Guo B, Yu C, Zhao Z, Li X, Tan Z, Zhang H, Yao F, Li J. Strongly adhesive zwitterionic composite hydrogel paints for surgical sutures and blood-contacting devices. Acta Biomater 2023; 166:201-211. [PMID: 37150278 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Hydrogels show eminent advantages in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. However, their application as coating materials for biomedical devices is limited by several key challenges, such as lack of universality, weak mechanical strength, and low adhesion to the substrate. Here we report versatile and tough adhesion composite hydrogel paints (CHPs), which consist of zwitterionic copolymers and microgels, both with reactive groups. The CHPs exhibit tunable rheology and thickness, hydrophilicity, biofouling resistance, durability, and convenient fabrication on metal, polymer, and inorganic surfaces with arbitrary shapes. As a proof-of-concept, the CHP-surgical sutures demonstrate exceptional lubrication, drug delivery, anti-infection, and anti-fibrous capsule properties. Moreover, the CHP-PVC tubing effectively prevents thrombus formation in vitro and ex vivo rabbit blood circulation without anticoagulants. This work provides valuable insights for enhancing and developing integrated hydrogel technologies for biomedical devices. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: The combination of hydrogel and biomedical devices can enable numerous existing applications in medicine. In this study, inspired by the principle of microgel reinforcement in industrial paints, we propose a simple and versatile zwitterionic composite hydrogel paints (CHPs) strategy, which can be easily applied to diverse substrates with arbitrary shapes by covalent grafting between complementary groups by brush, dip, or spray. The CHPs integrated universality, tough adhesion, mechanical durability, and anti-biofouling properties because of their unique chemical composition and coating structure design. This strategy provides a simple and versatile route for surface modification of biomedical devices.
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- Mengmeng Yao
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Sustainable Functional Biomaterials Laboratory, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China.
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Li J, He T, Chen H, Cheng Y, Drioli E, Wang Z, Cui Z. Preparation of Hyflon AD/Polypropylene Blend Membrane for Artificial Lung. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:665. [PMID: 37505032 PMCID: PMC10383265 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13070665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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A high-performance polypropylene hollow fiber membrane (PP-HFM) was prepared by using a binary environmentally friendly solvent of polypropylene as the raw material, adopting the thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) method, and adjusting the raw material ratio. The binary diluents were soybean oil (SO) and acetyl tributyl citrate (ATBC). The suitable SO/ATBC ratio of 7/3 was based on the size change of the L-L phase separation region in PP-SO/ATBC thermodynamic phase diagram. Through the characterization and comparison of the basic performance of PP-HFMs, it was found that with the increase of the diluent content in the raw materials, the micropores of outer surface of the PP-HFM became larger, and the cross section showed a sponge-like pore structure. The fluoropolymer, Hyflon ADx, was deposited on the outer surface of the hollow fiber membrane using a physical modification method of solution dipping. After modification, the surface pore size of the Hyflon AD40L modified membranes decreased; the contact angle increased to around 107°; the surface energy decreased to 17 mN·m-1; and the surface roughness decreased to 17 nm. Hyflon AD40L/PP-HFMs also had more water resistance properties from the variation of wetting curve. For biocompatibility of the membrane, the adsorption capacity of the modified PP membrane for albumin decreased from approximately 1.2 mg·cm-2 to 1.0 mg·cm-2, and the adsorption of platelets decreased under fluorescence microscopy. The decrease in blood cells and protein adsorption in the blood prolonged the clotting time. In addition, the hemolysis rate of modified PP membrane was reduced to within the standard of 5%, and the cell survival rate of its precipitate was above 100%, which also indicated the excellent biocompatibility of fluoropolymer modified membrane. The improvement of hydrophobicity and blood compatibility makes Hyflon AD/PP-HFMs have the potential for application in membrane oxygenators.
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- Jie Li
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Special Separation Membrane, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Special Separation Membrane, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Special Separation Membrane, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Jiangsu Aikemo High-Technology Co., Ltd., Suzhou 215000, China
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- Research Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR, Via Pietro Bucci 17/C, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Special Separation Membrane, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
- Jiangsu Aikemo High-Technology Co., Ltd., Suzhou 215000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Special Separation Membrane, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
- Jiangsu Aikemo High-Technology Co., Ltd., Suzhou 215000, China
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