“…The first common membrane is nitrocellulose (also known as cellulose nitrate) [ 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 ], which is very suitable for many biomedical applications. Other membranes were made with polyethersulfone [ 54 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 ], polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) [ 44 ], nylon [ 54 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 ], polypropylene [ 73 ], polylactic acid (PLA) nanofibers [ 74 ], cellulose [ 47 , 48 , 49 ], polycarbonate [ 75 ], polyacrylamide [ 76 ], cellulose acetate [ 77 , 78 ], polyvinyl chloride [ 79 ], polyamine/polyurethane [ 79 ] and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) [ 68 ].…”