Disclosed is a porous hollow fiber membrane containing a polysulfone-based polymer as a main component, which has an asymmetric structure in which the inner surface side is dense and the outer surface side is coarse, wherein an average of a minor axis diameter of pores of an inner surface is 20 nm or more and 40 nm or less, an open porosity of the inner surface is 10% or more and 30% or less, and a polymer including a monocarboxylic acid vinyl ester unit is supported on at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface. The present invention provides a hollow fiber membrane which has excellent removing performance of substances to be separated such as viruses, and can be used as a separation membrane having high permeability even in a treatment under low pressure.

A polyolefin composite porous membrane includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer contains a polypropylene (A), a first high-density polyethylene (B) having a melting point of 130 C. or higher, and a second high-density polyethylene (C) having a melting point of 120 C. or higher and lower than 130 C. The second layer contains a polyethylene (D). The first layer and the second layer are integrally laminated with each other.

The present invention provides a porous body, the swelling of which under acidic conditions is suppressed, and a method for producing the porous body. The first porous body of the present invention is formed of a copolymer of an epoxy compound and a curing agent, wherein the porous body is a porous body containing no primary to tertiary amino groups and has an interconnected pore structure in which holes provided inside the porous body communicate with each other. The second porous body of the present invention is formed of a copolymer of an epoxy compound and a curing agent, wherein the porous body is a porous body containing no nitrogen atom to be quaternized by acid treatment, and has an interconnected pore structure in which holes provided inside the porous body communicate with each other.

Provided is a polyolefin microporous membrane having a loss tangent (tan ) at 230 C. of 0.35 or more and less than 0.60 in melt viscoelasticity measurement.

Provided is a polyolefin microporous membrane having a loss tangent (tan ) at 230 C. of 0.35 or more and less than 0.60 in melt viscoelasticity measurement.

A separator for an electrochemical device including a porous substrate made of a porous polymer material. The separator substrate has a small thickness, excellent resistance characteristics, ion conductivity, and high mechanical strength. When the separator is applied to a battery, it is possible to improve the output characteristics of the battery.

A separator for an electrochemical device including a porous substrate made of a porous polymer material. The separator substrate has a small thickness, excellent resistance characteristics, ion conductivity, and high mechanical strength. When the separator is applied to a battery, it is possible to improve the output characteristics of the battery.

A porous, polymer aerogel having a pore size distribution with a full-width at half maximum between 0.1 and 10 nanometers, a visible transmittance greater than 30%/3 mm, haze less than 70%/3 mm, and a color rendering index of at least 25. A method of forming a porous, polymer aerogel, includes producing a miscible formulation of at least one of monomers, oligomers, crosslinkers and prepolymers, polymerizing the miscible formulation to form a multiphasic gel, wherein phases are continuous and the multiphasic gel has at least one depolymerizable domain and at least one non-depolymerizable domain, and the at least one depolymerizable domain is chemically bonded to the at least one non-depolymerizable domain, and removing the depolymerizable domain or domains from the multiphasic gel to produce a porous aerogel with a color rendering index of at least 25. A method of forming a porous, polymer aerogel, including producing a miscible formulation of at least one monomer, oligomer or crosslinker, and a prepolymer having at least one reactive functional group, polymerizing the miscible formulation to form a multiphasic gel, wherein the prepolymer having at least one reactive functional group is chemically bonded to a polymer that results from the polymerization of the at least one monomer or oligomer, and phases are continuous and the multiphasic gel has at least one depolymerizable domain bonded to at least one non-depolymerizable domain, and placing the multiphasic gel in a depolymerization solution having a depolymerization solvent to chemically degrade the depolymerizable domain into smaller oligomers and monomers, removing the depolymerization solvent to produce a porous aerogel with a color rendering index of at least 25.

The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensionally (3D) printed tissue engineering scaffold for tissue regeneration and a method for manufacturing the 3D printed tissue engineering scaffold. The 3D printed tissue engineering scaffold may be fabricated at least in part from a composite material having an insoluble component and soluble component. The three-dimensional tissue scaffolds of the disclosure may be fabricated via a rapid prototyping machine. In some instances, the three-dimensional shape of the fabricated tissue engineering scaffold may correspond to a three-dimensional shape of a tissue defect of a patient.

The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensionally (3D) printed tissue engineering scaffold for tissue regeneration and a method for manufacturing the 3D printed tissue engineering scaffold. The 3D printed tissue engineering scaffold may be fabricated at least in part from a composite material having an insoluble component and soluble component. The three-dimensional tissue scaffolds of the disclosure may be fabricated via a rapid prototyping machine. In some instances, the three-dimensional shape of the fabricated tissue engineering scaffold may correspond to a three-dimensional shape of a tissue defect of a patient.