A Brief Note of Nitrocellulose Membrane Applied for Biomedical Immobilization and Diagnosis |Biomedgrid

Nitrocellulose (NC), obtained after nitration reaction, has a similar configuration with cellulose, so it is also named as cellulose nitrate [1]. As a fibre-like energetic material, NC is not limited in its original form and applications. One secondary product of NC is the NC membrane, which was described as the paper-like and microporous matrix [2]. The excellent signal-to-noise ratio [3], biocompatibility and stability of porous NC membrane substrates enable many relative biomedical applications, such as filtering [4,5], molecular immobilization and immuno-diagnosis. In this article, we are focused on these biomedical achievements of NC membrane.