Multiblock polymer materials, methods of preparing, and using to separate proteins, nucleic acids, other biological or other biomolecules, compounds, or solutes, with high fluxes through electrostatic interactions where the self-assembled block polymer materials contain at least one of macro, meso, or micro pores, and at least some of the pores are isoporous, and at least one polymer block contains stationary electrostatic charge, or reactive functional groups to provide large surface areas that are charged in isoporous structure.

The invention relates to a self-supporting highly moisture-permeable heat-insulating aerogel film and a preparation method thereof. The aerogel film is a self-supporting single-layer film with a SiO.sub.2 porous skeleton structure, having a thickness of 150 μm to 300 μm, which increases an exchange rate of vapor by 50% to 200%, and reduces a heat conductivity coefficient by 50% to 90%. The preparation method includes the following steps: (1) preparation of a template; (2) hydrolysis of nano-cellulose; (3) preparation of an aerogel film; and (4) post-treatment of the aerogel film.

A carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane may advantageously be made by pyrolyzing a membrane precursor composition comprised of a carbon forming polymer (e.g., polyimide) blended with a polyvinylidene chloride copolymer (PVDC), the polyvinylidene chloride copolymer being the reaction product of at least 60% to 97% by weight of vinylidene chloride and at least one other comonomer and the carbon forming polymer to polyvinylidene chloride copolymer has a weight ratio of greater than 1 to 99. The membrane precursor composition may be formed by dissolving the carbon forming polymer and PVDC in a solvent to form a dope solution. The dope solution may be shaped, for example, into an asymmetric hollow fiber. The asymmetric hollow fiber may be heated to a temperature to dehydrochorinate the PVDC and then subsequently heated in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to carbonize the polymers of the shaped membrane to form the CMS membrane.

A porous membrane, The porous membrane includes a triblock copolymer of the formula ABC, the porous membrane comprising a plurality of pores; wherein the A block has a T.sub.g of 90 degrees Celsius or greater and is present in an amount ranging from 30% to 80% by weight, inclusive, of the total block copolymer; wherein the B block has a T.sub.g of 25 degrees Celsius or less and is present in an amount ranging from 10% to 40% by weight, inclusive, of the total block copolymer and wherein the C block is a water miscible hydrogen-bonding block immiscible with each of the A block and the B block; wherein the porous membrane comprising a first major surface and an opposed second major surface, wherein the first major surface is a nanostructured surface.

A superhydrophobic polypropylene porous film, including a polypropylene porous film substrate, titanium dioxide layers and a surface modifier layer, is disclosed. The titanium dioxide layers are deposited on the surface of the polypropylene porous film substrate by atomic deposition technology; a surface modifier is coated on the titanium dioxide layers; hydrophobic bonds are formed between the titanium dioxide layers and the surface modifier layer; the superhydrophobic polypropylene porous film has a water contact angle greater than 150 degrees, a rolling angle less than 10 degrees, an aperture of 0.1-0.4 μm, a porosity of 50%-80%, a tensile strength of 30-50 MPa, and an elongation at break of 10%-30%. The superhydrophobic polypropylene porous film maintains the chemical resistance, rigidity, and porosity of the polypropylene porous film, and has superhydrophobic properties and a good separation effect after working for 80 hours, thus greatly increasing the service life, and reducing operation costs and working costs in a membrane distillation process.

Forming a dual layer filtration membrane includes disposing a first solution with a homopolymer and a first solvent on a substrate to yield a homopolymer layer on the substrate; disposing a second solution with a block polymer and a second solvent on the homopolymer layer to yield a dual layer liquid film having a block polymer layer on the homopolymer layer; disordering the block polymer layer to yield a disordered block polymer layer; vitrifying the disordered block polymer of the disordered block polymer layer and inducing phase separation and vitrification of the homopolymer of the homopolymer layer; and creating pores in the disordered block polymer layer to yield the dual layer filtration membrane having a porous disordered block polymer layer.

The present disclosure describes compositions and methods for preparing membrane protein nanosheets and two-dimensional crystals. In particular, the methods employ a solvent. A mixture of a polymer and a membrane protein is solubilized in the solvent, applied to a substrate, and subsequently dried to form the nanosheet or two-dimensional crystal. Applicants have surprisingly found that the membrane proteins maintain their structure when exposed to solvents during the short processing time utilized.

The present disclosure is directed to raicroporous ladder polymers containing amine-functionalized monomer segments, amidoxime-functionalized monomer segments, or a combination thereof. Monomer compounds for preparation of the polymers are also described, as well as membranes and electrochemical cells containing the polymers.

Hollow-fibre membrane having at least one first curl in the form of a first wave which is characterized by a first oscillation plane and a first wavelength and at least one second curl in the form of a second wave which is characterized by a second oscillation plane and a second wavelength, characterized in that the first oscillation plane and the second oscillation plane confine an angle with one another which is different from zero.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a nanofiltration composite membrane for use to purify water, the methods for preparing said nanofiltration composite membranes and to the nanofiltration composite membranes prepared accordingly.