New Material for Dialysis
January 29, 2019 | Terry Sharrer

Mxeme
MXene, a two dimensional compound only a few atoms thick, first reported in 2011, could be a practical material for making wearable dialysis machines. As this piece relates: “Similar to clays, MXenes’ layered structure can be intercalated and deintercalated with water and organic molecules, such as hydrazine, urea and cationic dyes,”. . . . “This suggests that the MXene structure could potentially be fine-tuned to absorb urea by optimizing the chemical composition and interlaminar distance of the material.” Drexel University engineers who authored the scientific article, suppose MXenes could be formed into thin filters which have a particular capacity to catch urea. MORE
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