Reliable and equitable access to safe drinking water is a major and growing challenge
worldwide. Membrane separations represent one of the most promising strategies for the …

Porous polymer and copolymer membranes are useful for ultrafiltration of functional
macromolecules, colloids, and water purification. In particular, block copolymer membranes …

The development of novel polymer membranes is a fascinating and challenging field in
materials science and technology, as both the chemical composition and the processing …

Membrane separations has been increasingly recognized as a key technology platform for
improving the energy efficiency of many separations processes. Likewise, additive …

The developments in membranes based on tailored block copolymers are reported with an
emphasis on isoporous membranes. These membranes can be prepared in different …

Nanoporous membranes based on self‐assembled block polymer precursors are an
emerging class of promising separation, purification, and sensing devices due to the ability …

Double stimuli‐responsive membranes are prepared by modification of pH‐sensitive
integral asymmetric polystyrene‐b‐poly (4‐vinylpyridine)(PS‐b‐P4VP) diblock copolymer …

Membrane formation via the combination of self-assembly and the non-solvent induced
phase separation (NIPS) process of diblock copolymers is investigated. Several polystyrene …

Process-directed self-assembly refers to processes that reproducibly trap the kinetics of
structure formation that ensues after a sudden change (“quench”) of the thermodynamic …

Using a combination of block copolymer self-assembly and non-solvent induced phase
separation, isoporous ultrafiltration membranes were fabricated from four poly (isoprene-b …