Growth of membrane

Tractional retinal detachment is the result of the shrinkage of membranes. This is a frequent event in proliferative vitreretinopathy (PVR), which is characterised by the growth of membranes on the outer as well as on the inner side of the detached retina. The shrinkage of these membranes results in further detachments of the retina and additional retinal holes. 

Lonsdale, H.K. (1982) The Growth of Membrane Technology. Journal of Membrane Science, 10, 81-181. 

Support Paper. The selection of support paper is a very important part of the membrane development. This is often done in cooperation with the manufacturer of support paper. However, also here it must be realized that despite an extremely high growth of membrane filtration, the amount of support paper is very small compared to the usual manufacturing of paper. 

It is then realistic to affirm that new wide perspectives considering design and performance of hollow fiber membrane contactors are equally important, and it is needless to mention that HFMST will contribute toward sustainable growth of membrane-based technology. 

That growth of membranes occurs by intersusception of membrane precursor molecules into membrane rather than by a de novo process is proposed by Goldberg and Ohad (1970) on the basis of radioautographs visualized on chloroplast membranes incubated in the presence of acetate H. 

Deposition of self-assembled monolayers possessing terminal functions able to mimic chemical functions involved in the PCP framework allowed for the nucleation and growth of membranes with a preferential crystallographic orientation through an epitaxial growth process. Noteworthy, these nucleating entities were also used as templates for the formation of two-dimensional patterned crystal assemblies. 

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