Synthesis and characterisation of composite sulphonated polyurethane/polyethersulphone membrane for blood purification application

• Main Authors: Mansur, Sumarni, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi, Sheikh Abdul Kadir, Siti Hamimah, Goh, Pei Sean, Hasbullah, Hasrinah, Ng, Be Cheer, Abdullah, Mohd. Sohaimi, Kamal, Fatmawati, Zainol Abidin, Muhammad Nidzhom, Lusiana, Retno Ariadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89276/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.01.092

Polyurethane (PU) with three different functional groups: carboxyl, hydroxyl and sulphonyl group on its molecular structure were synthesised in this work. The synthesised material suppresses blood clotting and exhibits anticoagulant characteristics due to the presence of the important anionic groups...