Edited by
N.K. Kanellopoulos, NCSR 'Demokritos', Membranes for Environmental Separations Laboratory, 15310 Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Greece
Description
This book is dedicated to the rapidly growing field of microporous ceramic membranes with separating layers of pore diameter less than
2nm.
The chapters of this book bring forward a wide range of issues, namely fundamentals of complex sorption and transport processes
in micropore structures, highly innovative methods of preparation of microporous membranes and examples of their possible commercial
applications. This book presents insights by distinguished investigators, who have contributed significantly to the advance of research
efforts in the diverse topics described herein.
Recently, significant progress has been made with respect to the development of novel
microporous asymmetric membranes, mainly involving modification by means of deposition of additional material within the pores of the
substrates. Most state-of-the-art technologies aiming in the development of microporous ceramic membrane are presented in the third section
of the book. These include several material deposition methods and techniques on macroporous or mesoporous supports and substrates from
the liquid or vapour phase, namely those involving sol-gel, zeolite and chemical vapour deposition techniques. In addition to the above-mentioned
methods, the classical technique of carbonizing polymeric deposits along with one of the novel techniques of plasma-treating, organically
deposited Langmuir-Blodgett films, are also presented. Nanophase mixed ionic-electron membranes for enhanced oxygen transport are described,
which pose a strong candidacy for a number of significant commercial applications.
Included in series
Membrane Science and Technology
Audience:
For scientists and researchers interested in the field of membrane technologies, as well as those interested in the applications of these technologies.
