Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a polyethylene membrane comprising: stretching a polyethylene film in a first direction during a first stretching; attaching a plurality of rods on side edges of the polyethylene film; attaching a tape on the polyethylene film; stretching the polyethylene film having the rods attached thereto in a second direction during a second stretching; and annealing the polyethylene film after the second stretching. The second direction can be a transverse direction of the first direction, and the first stretching and the second stretching can be performed at the same (or higher) temperature and the same stretching speed as each other.

Polymer hydrogels and methods for selective retrieval of microbial targets from microwells and other cell culture devices. The methods use semi-permeable, photodegradable hydrogel membranes that permit exchange of nutrients and waste products but seals motile bacteria and other microbes within microwells. Light exposure can be used to degrade the hydrogel membrane in a targeted manner and release the microbes from targeted microwells for further study.

Upon light irradiation, a dye sensitized photoactive surfaces can undergo hydrophobic to hydrophilic conversion in both in air and oil environments.

Chinese ink is applied on various materials and stabilized by atomic layer deposition to fabricate solar steam generation devices. The encapsulated ink has excellent photothermal properties and evaporation efficiency under simulated sunlight, holding great promise in solar evaporation device applications.

A polyolefin microporous membrane in which defects including scratches and pinholes can be stably detected, even when the membrane has a reduced thickness, has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 660 nm of 40% or less, and satisfies at least one of the following properties (1) and (2), wherein (1) the basis weight is 3.0 g/m.sup.2 or less, and (2) the membrane thickness is 4 m or less.

A photo sensitive variable hydrophilic membrane includes a membrane substrate, and a photocatalyst layer deposited on the membrane substrate and including an oxide, wherein a hydrophilic property of the photocatalyst layer is increased when a light is irradiated and a method of the same are provided.

Provided is a liquid composition including a polymerizable compound and a liquid. The polymerizable compound includes a polymerizable compound having a functional group capable of forming a covalent bond with a hydroxyl group. The liquid composition forms a porous resin by polymerization. The light transmittance at a wavelength of 550 nm measured while stirring the liquid composition is 30% or more. In a process where the liquid composition forms the porous resin by polymerization, an increase rate of a haze value of a haze measuring element before and after the polymerization is 1.0% or more.

The invention relates to a filtration system for use in a method of determining the presence and/or amount of cells, for example, viable cells, in a liquid sample, and to methods of using and manufacturing such a filtration system. The filtration system includes a cup with an upper portion and a ring portion, where the ring portion is separably coupled to the upper portion.

A transparent, gas-permeable and waterproof film, particularly for applications in the medical field is disclosed. The film includes a polyolefin base, to which is added a monomeric plasticiser with a percentage by mass of between 10% and 50% and preferably also molecular sieves with a percentage by mass of less than or equal to 20%, this addition enables in particular the gas permeability of the film to be increased, said film thus having a high gas permeability, as well as low water permeability and high transparency, together with various mechanical characteristics and properties so that it is particularly well suited to many applications, in particular in the medical sector and in particular for application to an identification card used in the medical diagnosis.

Disclosed is a self-healing polysilsesquioxane and a hybrid film using the same. Once crosslinked, the polysilsesquioxane copolymer can self-heal within several minutes at 100-120 C. The self-healing polysilsesquioxane copolymer can be prepared into a hybrid material in the form of a film. Because the hybrid film has an excellent ability of self-healing the damage caused by external impact, it is applicable to wide applications such as gas separation membranes, etc., without limitation.