The invention relates to a film Film comprising a random graft copolymer having a polypropylene (PP) backbone and from 3 to 8 polyester segments covalently bonded to said backbone, wherein the number average molecular weight (Mn) of the polypropylene backbone ranges between 10.000 and 100.000 Dalton (as determined with HT-SEC in o-DCB at 150° C.), wherein the Mn of each polyester segment ranges between 5.000 and 25.000 Daltons, wherein the amount of PP ranges between 45 and 80 mol %, wherein the amount of polyester segments ranges between 55 and 20 mol %, wherein the film has a thickness in the range of 0.01-10 mm, wherein the polypropylene and polyester domains form independently continuous phases, and wherein the mol % is calculated relative to the total moles of monomer units present in the copolymer. The invention further relates to a nano porous PP membrane and its use.

Provided is a hollow fiber membrane that is excellent in water vapor separation performance immediately after production and water vapor separation performance after repeated use with compressed air. A hollow fiber membrane comprising a polyarylate resin, wherein the hollow fiber membrane includes a skin layer on at least one of inner and outer surfaces, has a tensile strength of 7 MPa or more and an elongation at break of 15% or more, and has an internal pressure water permeability of less than 100 L/(m.sup.2.Math.atm/h) as measured using pure water at 25° C.

A degasser for at least partially degassing a gas-containing liquid, in particular for a sample separation device, includes a liquid accommodation volume for accommodating the gas-containing liquid during degassing, a negative pressure chamber in which a negative pressure, compared to the liquid accommodation volume, is to be generated, a gas permeable membrane separating the liquid accommodation volume from the negative pressure chamber and arranged so that ultrasound forces at least part of gas of the gas-containing liquid to move through the membrane by a combination of the negative pressure and the ultrasound, and an ultrasound source including an electroactive material and configured for generating ultrasound for actuating the gas-containing liquid and/or the gas permeable membrane.

Described are porous filter membranes that include two opposed sides, a thickness, and a porous structure between the opposed sides; filter components and filters that include this type of porous filter membrane; methods of making the porous polyethylene filter membranes, filter components, and filters by co-extrusion techniques; and methods of using a porous filter membrane, filter component, or filter as described.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a hydrophilic composite porous membrane including: a polyolefin microporous membrane, and an olefin/vinyl alcohol-based resin with which at least one main surface and inner surfaces of pores of the polyolefin microporous membrane are coated, in which a ratio t/x of a membrane thickness t (μm) to an average pore diameter x (μm), as measured with a perm porometer, is from 50 to 630.

The present invention provides a separation membrane that is suitable for separating an acid gas from a gas mixture containing the acid gas and has a high acid gas permeability. A separation membrane (10) of the present invention includes: a separation functional layer (1); a porous support member (3) supporting the separation functional layer (1); and an intermediate layer (2) disposed between the separation functional layer (1) and the porous support member (3), and including a matrix (4) and nanoparticles (5) dispersed in the matrix (4).

Embodiments include nanofilms comprising the reaction product of a natural building block type A including at least two functional groups and a natural building block type B including at least three functional groups, wherein the natural building block type A and the natural building block type B react to form a branched polymer network including solvent-resistant bonds.

Disclosed is a nano membrane which has improved dustproofness and thus effectively prevents matter, contaminants/dust, and the like from getting into an electronic device such as a PCB or a MEMS microphone, and has no air and sound permeability degradation. The nano membrane of the present disclosure contains a plurality of pores having an average diameter of 0.5-20 μm, wherein the maximum diameter of each of the pores is 30 μm, the minimum diameter of each of the pores is 0.1 μm, and the porosity of the nano membrane is 50-90%.

One aspect of the present invention is an acidic gas separation device including: an electrolyte layer; a pair of electrodes provided with the electrolyte layer interposed between the pair of electrodes; and a voltage application unit that applies a voltage between the pair of electrodes, wherein the pair of electrodes are gas permeable electrodes, and the electrolyte layer contains: at least one selected from the group consisting of high molecular weight redox compounds having a radicalization rate of 90% or more, high molecular weight redox compounds having a quinone group in a molecule, and high molecular weight redox compounds having an imino group in a molecule; and a nonvolatile electrolytic solution.

Disclosed herein is a porous membrane comprising a porous substrate; a porous ceramic coating disposed on the porous substrate; where an average pore size of pores in the porous substrate are larger than an average pore size of pores in the porous coating. Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a porous membrane comprising disposing upon a porous substrate a porous ceramic coating, where the porous ceramic coating has an average pore size that is less than an average pore size of the porous substrate.