Nanostructured Polymer Membranes, Volume 1

Visakh P.M. is working as post doc. researcher at Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia. He obtained his PhD, MPhil and MSc degrees from the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He has edited 15 books for a variety of international publishers and has been a visiting researcher in many countries since 2011. His research interests include polymer nanocomposites, bio-nanocomposites and rubber based nanocomposites, fire retardant polymers, liquid crystalline polymers and silicon sensors.Olga Nazarenko obtained her PhD in Technical Sciences from Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia where she is now a Professor in the Ecology and Basic Safety Department. In 2007 she obtained her DSc. in Processes and Apparatus of Chemical Technology. She has 170 publications, 3 books and 8 textbooks and 7 patents to her credit.

• Preface xv1 Processing and Characterizations: State-of-the-Art and New Challenges 1Visakh. P. M.1.1 Membrane: Technology and Chemistry 11.2 Characterization of Membranes 31.3 Ceramic and Inorganic Polymer Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and Applications 41.4 Supramolecular Membranes: Synthesis and Characterizations 51.5 Organic Membranes and Polymers to Remove Pollutants 71.6 Membranes for CO2 Separation 81.7 Polymer Nanomembranes 91.8 Liquid Membranes 111.9 Recent Progress in Separation Technology Based on Ionic Liquid Membranes 121.10 Membrane Distillation 131.11 Alginate-based Films and Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and Applications 14References 152 Membrane Technology and Chemistry 27Manuel Palencia, Alexander Córdoba and Myleidi Vera2.1 Introduction 272.2 Membrane Technology: Fundamental Concepts 282.3 Separation Mechanisms 332.4 Chemical Nature of Membrane 412.5 Surface Treatment of Membranes 422.6 Conclusions 48References 483 Characterization of Membranes 55Derya Y. Koseoglu-Imer, Ismail Koyuncu, Reyhan Sengur-Tasdemir, Serkan Guclu, Recep Kaya, Mehmet Emin Pasaoglu and Turker Turken3.1 Introduction 563.2 Physical Methods for Characterizing Pore Size of Membrane 563.3 Membrane Chemical Structure 673.4 Conclusions 85References 854 Ceramic and Inorganic Polymer Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and Applications 89Chiam-Wen Liew and S. Ramesh4.1 Introduction 904.2 Recent Developments in Filler-doped Polymer Electrolytes 954.3 Methodology 1054.4 Results and Discussion 1094.5 Conclusions 127Acknowledgment 128References 1285 Supramolecular Membranes: Synthesis and Characterizations 137Cher Hon Lau, Matthew Hill and Kristina Konstas5.1 Overview 1385.2 Supramolecular Materials 1385.3 Supramolecular Membranes 1575.4 Membrane Fabrication Using Supramolecular Chemistry 1705.5 Conclusions 184References 1866 Organic Membranes and Polymers for the Removal of Pollutants 203Bernabé L. Rivas, Julio Sánchez and Manuel Palencia6.1 Membranes: Fundamental Aspects 2046.2 Liquid-phase Polymer-based Retention (LPR) 2126.3 Applications for Removal of Specific Pollutants 2166.4 Future Perspectives 2286.5 Conclusions 228Acknowledgments 228References 2287 Membranes for CO2 Separation 237Abedalkhader Alkhouzaam, Majeda Khraisheh, Mert Atilhan, Shaheen A. Al-Muhtaseb and Syed Javaid Zaidi7.1 Introduction 2387.2 Fundamentals of Membrane Gas Separation 2397.3 Polymeric Membranes for CO2 Separation 2457.4 Mixed Matrix Membranes 2587.5 Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes (SILMs) for CO2 Separation 2637.6 Conclusion 2787.7 Overall Comparison and Future Outlook 279Abbreviations 282References 2858 Polymer Nanomembranes 293Giuseppe Firpo and Ugo Valbusa8.1 Introduction 2938.2 Materials 2948.3 Nanomembrane Fabrication 2988.4 Characterization 3048.5 Applications 310References 3169 Liquid Membranes 329Jiangnan Shen, Lijing Zhu, Lixin Xue and Congjie Gao9.1 Introduction 3299.2 Most Recent Developments 3309.3 Liquid Membranes Based Separation Processes 3309.4 Conclusion 379References 37910 Recent Progress in Separation Technology Based on Ionic Liquid Membranes 391M.J. Salar-García, V.M. Ortiz-Martínez, A. Pérez de los Ríos and F.J. Hernández-Fernández10.1 Introduction 39210.2 Ionic Liquid Properties 39310.3 Bulk Ionic Liquid Membranes 39510.4 Emulsified Ionic Liquid Membranes 39710.5 Immobilized Ionic Liquid Membranes 40010.6 Green Aspect of Ionic Liquids 41010.7 Conclusions 411Acknowledgments 411References 41211 Membrane Distillation 419Mohammadali Baghbanzadeh, Christopher Q. Lan, Dipak Rana and Takeshi Matsuura11.1 Introduction 41911.2 Applications of Membrane Distillation Technology 42011.3 Different Kinds of Membrane Distillation Configurations 42211.4 Distillation Membranes 43211.5 Transport Phenomena in MD 43911.6 Conclusion 450References 45012 Alginate-based Films and Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and Applications 457Jiwei Li and Jinmei He12.1 Introduction 45712.2 Recent Development 45912.3 Applications 46812.4 Conclusion 473References 474Index 491