A porous asymmetric membrane comprises a hydrophobic polymer comprising a poly(phenylene ether) or poly(phenylene ether) copolymer; and a polymer additive. A separation module can be fabricated from the porous asymmetric membrane. A method of forming the porous asymmetric membrane comprises: dissolving a hydrophobic polymer comprising a poly(phenylene ether) or poly(phenylene ether) copolymer and, a polymer additive in a water-miscible polar aprotic solvent to form a porous asymmetric membrane-forming composition; and phase-inverting the porous asymmetric membrane forming-composition in a first non-solvent composition to form the porous asymmetric membrane. The polymer additive comprises hydrophilic functional groups, copolymerized hydrophilic monomers, or blocks of hydrophilic monomer repeat units. For example, the polymer additive can comprise a hydrophilic polymer or amphiphilic polymer. The porous asymmetric membrane can be a flat membrane or hollow fiber.

A porous membrane made from a poly(phenylene ether) copolymer has at least one of: a molecular weight cut off of less than 40 kilodaltons or a surface pore size of 0.001 to 0.1 micrometers. The porous membrane is made by dissolving the poly(phenylene ether) copolymer in a water-miscible polar aprotic solvent to form a porous membrane-forming composition; and phase-inverting the porous asymmetric membrane forming-composition in a first non-solvent composition to form the porous mem-brane. The porous membrane can be in the form of a sheet or a hollow fiber, and can be fabricated into separation modules.

A porous membrane made from a poly(phenylene ether) copolymer has at least one of: a molecular weight cut off of less than 40 kilodaltons or a surface pore size of 0.001 to 0.1 micrometers. The porous membrane is made by dissolving the poly(phenylene ether) copolymer in a water-miscible polar aprotic solvent to form a porous membrane-forming composition; and phase-inverting the porous asymmetric membrane forming-composition in a first non-solvent composition to form the porous membrane. The porous membrane can be in the form of a sheet or a hollow fiber, and can be fabricated into separation modules.

A porous asymmetric membrane comprises a hydrophobic polymer comprising a poly(phenylene ether) or poly(phenylene ether) copolymer; and a polymer additive. A separation module can be fabricated from the porous asymmetric membrane. A method of forming the porous asymmetric membrane comprises: dissolving a hydrophobic polymer comprising a poly(phenylene ether) or poly(phenylene ether) copolymer and, a polymer additive in a water-miscible polar aprotic solvent to form a porous asymmetric membrane-forming composition; and phase-inverting the porous asymmetric membrane forming-composition in a first non-solvent composition to form the porous asymmetric membrane. The polymer additive comprises hydrophilic functional groups, copolymerized hydrophilic monomers, or blocks of hydrophilic monomer repeat units. For example, the polymer additive can comprise a hydrophilic polymer or amphiphilic polymer. The porous asymmetric membrane can be a flat membrane or hollow fiber.

An asymmetric membrane having a substantially non-porous surface layer is made by a method including: dissolving a poly(phenylene ether) copolymer in a solvent mixture including a first solvent and a second solvent to provide a membrane-forming composition; and phase-inverting the membrane forming composition in a first non-solvent to form the membrane comprising a substantially non-porous surface layer. The first solvent is a water-miscible polar aprotic solvent, and the second solvent is a polar solvent having two to eight carbon atoms.

The present disclosure provides extruded or spun, semi-permeable, porous hollow fibres, comprising covalent ester, thioester and/or amide crosslinked polypeptides as well as processes for their production. The hollow fibres may be produced from protein, protein extracts, and/or protein isolates derived from plants, animals, bacteria, algae, archaea, and/or fungi, and in certain embodiments are intended to be suitable for human and/or animal ingestion. In some embodiments, the hollow fibres may be designed to be used in the production of cartridges that are compatible with existing and/or novel bioreactor platforms, for harbouring cell cultures in cultured meat production.

The invention relates to a mechanically stable ultrafiltration membrane and to a method for producing such an ultrafiltration membrane.

The invention disclosed herein generally relates to matrices comprising polymers and methods for preparing them.

The disclosure provides a solvent resistant polyimide/polyethyleneimine@titanium dioxide nanohybrid ultrafiltration membrane with high solvent permeability and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: dissolving a titanium dioxide precursor Ti-BALDH and polyimide into N-methylpyrrolidone to prepare a casting solution, then coating on the non-woven fabric, and preparing the solvent resistant nanohybrid polyimide membrane in one step through a non-solvent induced phase separation-interface crosslinking-in-situ biomimetic mineralization coupling method. According to the disclosure, a solvent resistant polyimide/polyethyleneimine@TiO.sub.2 nanohybrid ultrafiltration membrane (PEIPI@TiO.sub.2) with high solvent permeability prepared through a simple non-solvent induced phase separation-interface chemical crosslinking-in-situ bionic mineralization coupling method.

The present disclosure discloses a cellulose ultrafiltration membrane and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the technical field of membrane materials. The cellulose ultrafiltration membrane comprises a main body, the main body successively being an ultrafiltration layer, a support layer and a base layer in a fluid flow direction; the ultrafiltration layer and the support layer each comprise a cellulose polymer layer, the base layer comprises a polytetrafluoroethylene layer, and a PMI average pore size of the base layer is >1 m; the polytetrafluoroethylene layer is a hydrophilic polytetrafluoroethylene layer; the cellulose polymer layer and the polytetrafluoroethylene layer permeate and bind to form a binding layer; a scanning electron microscope (SEM) average pore size of a first side surface is 1-90 nm; the polytetrafluoroethylene layer is relatively flat in surface and strong in solvent resistance, the cellulose polymer layer in the prepared ultrafiltration membrane is relatively small in defect.