Issue 9, 2009
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Soft Matter

Surface engineering of macroporous polypropylene membranes

Ling-Shu Wan,a   Zhen-Mei Liua  and  Zhi-Kang Xu*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Polymer Science, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization (Ministry of Education), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
E-mail: xuzk@zju.edu.cn
Fax: +86 571 87951773

b State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Abstract

The surface properties of polymer membranes are crucial to their application. This Review provides concise comments on surface engineering strategies for macroporous polypropylene membranes. The applications of surface engineering concepts in membrane-based bioreactors, bioseparation, biosensing, biosynthesis, environmental analysis, water purification, energy technology, medical devices (artificial lung and liver), and some novel separation processes (intelligent membrane separation) are summarized. The prospect of surface engineered biomimetic polypropylene membrane is also looked at.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B813600A
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
07 Aug 2008
Accepted
26 Jan 2009
First published
25 Feb 2009

Soft Matter, 2009,5, 1775-1785

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L. Wan, Z. Liu and Z. Xu, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 1775 DOI: 10.1039/B813600A

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