Nanostructured Polymer Membranes, Volume 1: Processing and Characterization

Content: Title page
 Copyright page
 Preface
 Chapter 1: Processing and Characterizations: State-of-the-Art and New Challenges
 1.1 Membrane: Technology and Chemistry
 1.2 Characterization of Membranes
 1.3 Ceramic and Inorganic Polymer Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and Applications
 1.4 Supramolecular Membranes: Synthesis and Characterizations
 1.5 Organic Membranes and Polymers to Remove Pollutants
 1.6 Membranes for CO2 Separation
 1.7 Polymer Nanomembranes
 1.8 Liquid Membranes
 1.9 Recent Progress in Separation Technology Based on Ionic Liquid Membranes
 1.10 Membrane Distillation. 1.11 Alginate-based Films and Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and ApplicationsReferences
 Chapter 2: Membrane Technology and Chemistry
 2.1 Introduction
 2.2 Membrane Technology: Fundamental Concepts
 2.3 Separation Mechanisms
 2.4 Chemical Nature of Membrane
 2.5 Surface Treatment of Membranes
 2.6 Conclusions
 References
 Chapter 3: Characterization of Membranes
 3.1 Introduction
 3.2 Physical Methods for Characterizing Pore Size of Membrane
 3.3 Membrane Chemical Structure
 3.4 Conclusions
 References. Chapter 4: Ceramic and Inorganic Polymer Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and Applications4.1 Introduction
 4.2 Recent Developments in Filler-doped Polymer Electrolytes
 4.3 Methodology
 4.4 Results and Discussion
 4.5 Conclusions
 Acknowledgment
 References
 Chapter 5: Supramolecular Membranes: Synthesis and Characterizations
 5.1 Overview
 5.2 Supramolecular Materials
 5.3 Supramolecular Membranes
 5.4 Membrane Fabrication Using Supramolecular Chemistry
 5.5 Conclusions
 References
 Chapter 6: Organic Membranes and Polymers for the Removal of Pollutants. 6.1 Membranes: Fundamental Aspects6.2 Liquid-phase Polymer-based Retention (LPR)
 6.3 Applications for Removal of Specific Pollutants
 6.4 Future Perspectives
 6.5 Conclusions
 Acknowledgments
 References
 Chapter 7: Membranes for CO2 Separation
 7.1 Introduction
 7.2 Fundamentals of Membrane Gas Separation
 7.3 Polymeric Membranes for CO2 Separation
 7.4 Mixed Matrix Membranes
 7.5 Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes (SILMs) for CO2 Separation
 7.6 Conclusion
 7.7 Overall Comparison and Future Outlook
 Abbreviations
 References
 Chapter 8: Polymer Nanomembranes
 8.1 Introduction
 8.2 Materials. 8.3 Nanomembrane Fabrication8.4 Characterization
 8.5 Applications
 References
 Chapter 9: Liquid Membranes
 9.1 Introduction
 9.2 Most Recent Developments
 9.3 Liquid Membranes Based Separation Processes
 9.4 Conclusion
 References
 Chapter 10: Recent Progress in Separation Technology Based on Ionic Liquid Membranes
 10.1 Introduction
 10.2 Ionic Liquid Properties
 10.3 Bulk Ionic Liquid Membranes
 10.4 Emulsified Ionic Liquid Membranes
 10.5 Immobilized Ionic Liquid Membranes
 10.6 Green Aspect of Ionic Liquids
 10.7 Conclusions
 Acknowledgments
 References.