Smart Membrane Materials and Systems From Flat Membranes to Microcapsule Membranes /

• Main Author: Chu, Liang-Yin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Polymers.; Chemical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Polymer Sciences.

“Smart Membrane Materials and Systems: From Flat Membranes to Microcapsule Membranes" comprehensively and systematically treats modern understanding of smart or intelligent membranes with environmental stimuli-responsive functions. The contents range from flat membranes to microcapsule membrane...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Thermo-Responsive Gating Membranes: Design, Microstructures and Performances
• Smart Microcapsules with Thermo-Responsive Gating Membranes
• Smart Microcapsules with Thermo-Responsive Hydrogel Membranes
• Thermo-Responsive Membranes for Chiral Resolution
• Thermo-Responsive Membranes for Affinity Separation
• pH-Responsive Gating Membrane Systems with Pumping Effects
• Smart Microcapsules with pH-Responsive Hydrogel Membranes
• Glucose-Responsive Gating Membranes
• Molecular-Recognizable Smart Membranes
• Dual-/Multi-Stimuli-Responsive Smart Membranes
• Perspectives of Smart Membrane Materials and Systems.