Functional Nanostructured Membranes

The membrane is considered the heart of every separation process because it is materialized as a nanostructured/nanofunctionalized thin barrier that controls the exchange between two phases, not only by external forces and under the effect of fluid properties, but also through the intrinsic characteristics of the membrane material itself. This book compiles cutting-edge research in membrane science, nanomaterials, and nanotechnologies, mainly from interdisciplinary research groups at the Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council (IMT-CNR), Italy, working on membrane design, membrane process engineering, and selected materials and practices for enhanced transport mass, charge, and energy. The topics covered in this book include the design of new nanostructured membranes with improved properties, together with the identification of efficient transport?roperty relationships. This book shares and strengthens the knowledge of making membrane technology a much more powerful and eco-friendly route that will enable one to provide prospectively new solutions and benefits for numerous fields of applications where traditional separation technologies suffer many deficiencies. It is a great reference for researchers and investigators; graduate, PhD, and postgraduate students; and end users interested in membrane science and technology, nanomaterials, eco-friendly separation, chemistry, biology, and process engineering.

Author: Enrico Drioli, Lidietta Giorno, Annarosa Gugliuzza

Publisher: Pan Stanford Publishing

Publication Date: Dec 03, 2018

Number of Pages: 550 pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 9814774790

ISBN-13: 9789814774796