Ultrasonic cavitation-driven hierarchical pore engineering of activated carbon for enhanced bilirubin adsorption: Quantitative structure–function relationships
Jiameng Xu, Xinyun Wu, Yuxin Yan, Tao Wu, Manickam Sivakumar, Cheng Heng Pang · 2026
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Jiameng Xu leads a six-author team tackling in 2026 a materials problem in blood detox treatment. When the liver fails, bilirubin builds up and can damage the brain; passing blood over activated carbon, called hemoperfusion, pulls some out. Current carbons adsorb too little, stretching treatment and limiting how fast levels fall. The team used ultrasonic cavitation, sound-driven bubble collapse, to carve a layered pore structure into activated carbon.
Their study links pore architecture to adsorption performance quantitatively, asking which pore sizes trap bilirubin. Bilirubin capture depends on surface chemistry, from stacking and hydrogen bonding to charge attraction, and on confinement inside pores of the right scale. By engineering pores deliberately, the authors aim at faster, higher-capacity detox for liver failure patients. The structure-function relationships reported are meant to guide better adsorbent design.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jiameng Xu, Xinyun Wu, Yuxin Yan, Tao Wu, Manickam Sivakumar, Cheng Heng Pang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58481 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |