Isoporous block copolymer membranes

V Abetz - Macromolecular rapid communications, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The developments in membranes based on tailored block copolymers are reported with an
emphasis on isoporous membranes. These membranes can be prepared in different …

Fit-for-purpose block polymer membranes molecularly engineered for water treatment

Y Zhang, NE Almodovar-Arbelo, JL Weidman… - npj Clean Water, 2018 - nature.com
Continued stresses on fresh water supplies necessitate the utilization of non-traditional
resources to meet the growing global water demand. Desalination and hybrid membrane …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering soft nanochannels in isoporous block copolymer nanofiltration membranes for ion separation

Z Zhang, MM Rahman, I Ternes, B Bajer… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
Membranes with high ion selectivity are important for the separation of ionic species at the
Ångstrom scale. Here, we report on positively charged isoporous block copolymer (BCP) …

High-performance asymmetric isoporous nanocomposite membranes with chemically-tailored amphiphilic nanochannels

Z Zhang, MM Rahman, C Abetz, V Abetz - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Tailoring the well-defined nanochannels of ultrafiltration membranes from self-assembled
block copolymers (BCPs) toward the nanofiltration regime can expand their potential …

Highly selective isoporous block copolymer membranes with tunable polyelectrolyte brushes in soft nanochannels

Z Zhang, MM Rahman, B Bajer, N Scharnagl… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
We used partial crosslinking of the pore-forming block of quaternized PS-b-P4VP integral
asymmetric isoporous membranes as a tool to control the effective pore size in aqueous and …

Terminal functionalization with a triptycene motif that dramatically changes the structural and physical properties of an amorphous polymer

F Ishiwari, G Okabe, H Ogiwara, T Kajitani… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A surprising terminal-group effect on the structural and physical properties of an amorphous
polymer is reported. We recently demonstrated that triptycene derivatives with substituents at …

Diblock and Triblock Copolymers as Nanostructured Precursors to Functional Nanoporous Materials: From Design to Application

BL Droumaguet, D Grande - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers have gained tremendous interest from the scientific community in the last
two decades. These macromolecular architectures indeed constitute ideal nanostructured …

Asymmetric organic–inorganic hybrid membrane formation via block copolymer–nanoparticle co-assembly

Y Gu, RM Dorin, U Wiesner - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
A facile method for forming asymmetric organic–inorganic hybrid membranes for selective
separation applications is developed. This approach combines co-assembly of block …

A mini‐review of polymeric porous membranes with vertically penetrative pores

YB Yang, W Chai, L Zhang, J Wang… - Journal of Polymer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane separation technology plays a pivotal role in modern industry and scientific
research. The key to developing and improving membrane separation processes lies in …

Size‐selective binding of sodium and potassium ions in nanoporous thin films of polymerized liquid crystals

GM Bögels, JAM Lugger, OJGM Goor… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The development of a nanoporous material from a columnar liquid crystalline complex
between a polymerizable benzoic acid derivative and a 1, 3, 5‐tris (1H‐benzo [d] imidazol‐2 …