Research Article

Theoretical Application of Irreversible (Nonequilibrium) Thermodynamic Principles to Enhance Solute Fluxes across Nanofabricated Hemodialysis Membranes

Figure 1

Effect of pH and membrane thickness on solute flux as calculated from + . Creatinine molecular volume 110.55 Å3, β 2-microglobulin molecular volume 14,514.81 Å3, and tumor necrosis factor-α molecular volume 31,979.13 Å3 (Fluxes are expressed as mol/s; and in all instances).
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