Membrane Systems: For Bioartificial Organs and Regenerative Medicine

Description

The worldwide demand for organ transplants exceeds available donor organs by far. Understanding and controlling membrane material biocompatibility and transport phenomena currently opens new opportunities for the improvement of artificial organs (e.g., hemodialysis devices, hemofilters, blood oxygenator, etc.) and the design of bioartificial organs such as the bioartificial liver or pancreas. The book covers these topics and connects membrane systems to applications in regenerative medicine. Foreword List of Symbols List of Acronyms 1 Introduction to NMR 1.1 NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 1.2 Mobile NMR 1.3 Measuringmethods 1.4 Hardware 1.5 Summary 1.6 Further reading 2 Hardware setup and operation 2.1 Connecting the spectrometer 2.2 Test samples 2.3 Starting the operating software 2.4 Noise level 2.5 Tuning and matching 2.6 Calibration of the excitation pulse flip angle 2.7 Pulse sequences and parameters 2.8 Data processing 2.9 Summary 2.10 Further reading 3 Types of measurements 3.1 Spin density 3.2 Relaxation and diffusion 3.3 Imaging 3.4 Spectroscopy 4 Solutions, emulsions, and suspensions 4.1 Solutions 4.2 Emulsions 4.3 Suspensions 5 Polymers and elastomers 5.1 Elastomers 5.2 Amorphous polymers 5.3 Semi-crystalline polymers 6 Biological tissues 6.1 Depth profiling of skin 6.2 Anisotropy of tendon by relaxometry 6.3 NMR of plants and fruits 7 Porous media 7.1 Rock and sediments 7.2 Soil 7.3 Cement and concrete 8 Cultural heritage 8.1 Painted walls and stone 8.2 Easel paintings 8.3 Wood 8.4 Paper and parchment 8.5 Mummies and bones 9 Concludingre marks Index