Liquid gating elastomeric porous system with dynamically controllable gas/liquid transport.

ABSTRACT: The development of membrane technology is central to fields ranging from resource harvesting to medicine, but the existing designs are unable to handle the complex sorting of multiphase substances required for many systems. Especially, the dynamic multiphase transport and separation under a steady-state applied pressure have great benefits for membrane science, but have not been realized at present. Moreover, the incorporation of precisely dynamic control with avoidance of contamination of membranes remains elusive. We show a versatile strategy for creating elastomeric microporous membrane-based systems that can finely control and dynamically modulate the sorting of a wide range of gases and liquids under a steady-state applied pressure, nearly eliminate fouling, and can be easily applied

SUBMITTER: Sheng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5817924 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature