Carbon molecular sieve membranes (CMSMs) are inorganic produced by carbonization of a thermosetting polymer. The selection the adequate polymer, conditions and post-carbonization treatment allow production large variety porous structures. mass transport species through these structures is not easy to model in detail. This review reports last developments field CMSMs. membrane also briefly touch...

The world market for CO2/CH4 separation using membrane technology is getting bigger and polysulfone (PSf) is one of the most widely investigated polymer membrane materials. However, the existing PSf membranes performances are insufficient to fully exploit these opportunities. Therefore, modification that would produce membrane that fit the needs of target separation performances is a main issue...

We utilize a series of structurally homologous, multi-porphyrin-based, fluorophores (PBFs) in order to explore the capacity of polymer vesicles (polymersomes) to stably incorporate large hydrophobic molecules, non-covalently within their thick lamellar membranes. Through aqueous hydration of dry, uniform thin-films of amphiphilic polymer and PBF species deposited on Teflon, self-assembled polym...

This thesis proposes a novel design of nanoparticles for drug delivery. By tethering a bilayer membrane vesicle to a solid nanoparticle core at its center using hydrophilic soft polymers, this structure is expected to exhibit improved stability, narrowed size distribution, and a variety of functionalization possibilities. Various aspects of this design will be examined from a theoretical perspe...

The contribution of neutral polymer brush to the curvature elasticity of the grafting surface is investigated theoretically. Using self-consistent field theory, we accurately evaluate the dependence of bending modulus on parameters including chain length, Flory-Huggins parameter and grafting density and reveal the importance of solvent. The results show that the brush-induced bending modulus fo...

To generate polyethersulfone membranes with a biocatalytically active surface, pancreatin was covalently immobilized. Pancreatin is a mixture of digestive enzymes such as protease, lipase, and amylase. The resulting membranes exhibit self-cleaning properties after “switching on” the respective enzyme by adjusting pH and temperature. Thus, the membrane surface can actively degrade a fouling laye...

In this work, cellulose acetate (CA) nanofiltration (NF) membranes were prepared via non-solvent phase inversion technique (NIPS). Polymer concentration was varied from 22 to 25 wt% in order to study its effect on the membrane properties. The fabricated membranes were characterized in terms of morphological analysis using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), contact angle, water content, water p...

Using of nanocomposite membranes composed of polymer and inorganic nanoparticles is a novel method to enhance gas separation performance. In this study, membranes were fabricated from polyester (PE) containing silica (SiO2) nanoparticles and gas permeation properties of the resulting membranes were investigated. Morphology of the membranes, SiO2 distribution a...

Inkjet printing is a versatile, contactless and accurate material deposition technology. The present work focused on developing innovative strategies for inkjet of Catalyst-Coated Membranes (CCM) by performing Additive Manufacturing (AM) applied to Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC), without resorting intermediate substrates. Three different approaches AM are presented discussed: a...