Content: Title page
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Preface
Chapter 1: Processing and Characterizations: State-of-the-Art and New Challenges
1.1 Membrane: Technology and Chemistry
1.2 Characterization of Membranes
1.3 Ceramic and Inorganic Polymer Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and Applications
1.4 Supramolecular Membranes: Synthesis and Characterizations
1.5 Organic Membranes and Polymers to Remove Pollutants
1.6 Membranes for CO2 Separation
1.7 Polymer Nanomembranes
1.8 Liquid Membranes
1.9 Recent Progress in Separation Technology Based on Ionic Liquid Membranes
1.10 Membrane Distillation. 1.11 Alginate-based Films and Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and ApplicationsReferences
Chapter 2: Membrane Technology and Chemistry
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Membrane Technology: Fundamental Concepts
2.3 Separation Mechanisms
2.4 Chemical Nature of Membrane
2.5 Surface Treatment of Membranes
2.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: Characterization of Membranes
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Physical Methods for Characterizing Pore Size of Membrane
3.3 Membrane Chemical Structure
3.4 Conclusions
References. Chapter 4: Ceramic and Inorganic Polymer Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and Applications4.1 Introduction
4.2 Recent Developments in Filler-doped Polymer Electrolytes
4.3 Methodology
4.4 Results and Discussion
4.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgment
References
Chapter 5: Supramolecular Membranes: Synthesis and Characterizations
5.1 Overview
5.2 Supramolecular Materials
5.3 Supramolecular Membranes
5.4 Membrane Fabrication Using Supramolecular Chemistry
5.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 6: Organic Membranes and Polymers for the Removal of Pollutants. 6.1 Membranes: Fundamental Aspects6.2 Liquid-phase Polymer-based Retention (LPR)
6.3 Applications for Removal of Specific Pollutants
6.4 Future Perspectives
6.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 7: Membranes for CO2 Separation
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Fundamentals of Membrane Gas Separation
7.3 Polymeric Membranes for CO2 Separation
7.4 Mixed Matrix Membranes
7.5 Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes (SILMs) for CO2 Separation
7.6 Conclusion
7.7 Overall Comparison and Future Outlook
Abbreviations
References
Chapter 8: Polymer Nanomembranes
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Materials. 8.3 Nanomembrane Fabrication8.4 Characterization
8.5 Applications
References
Chapter 9: Liquid Membranes
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Most Recent Developments
9.3 Liquid Membranes Based Separation Processes
9.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: Recent Progress in Separation Technology Based on Ionic Liquid Membranes
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Ionic Liquid Properties
10.3 Bulk Ionic Liquid Membranes
10.4 Emulsified Ionic Liquid Membranes
10.5 Immobilized Ionic Liquid Membranes
10.6 Green Aspect of Ionic Liquids
10.7 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References.