The polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane commonly used for separation of biobutanol from fermentation broth fails to meet demand owing to its discontinuous and polluting thermal fabrication. Now, an UV‐induced polymerization strategy is proposed to realize the ultrafast and continuous fabrication of the PDMS membrane. UV‐crosslinking of synthesized methacrylate‐functionalized PDMS (MA‐PDMS) is complete within 30 s. The crosslinking rate is three orders of magnitude larger than the conventional thermal crosslinking. The MA‐PDMS membrane shows a versatile potential for liquid and gas separations, especially featuring an excellent pervaporation performance for n‐butanol. Filler aggregation, the major bottleneck for the development of high‐performance mixed matrix membranes (MMMs), is overcome, because the UV polymerization strategy demonstrates a freezing effect towards fillers in polymer, resulting in an extremely high‐loading silicalite‐1/MA‐PDMS MMM with uniform particle distribution.

Traditional films cannotf ully adapt to industrial applicationsa nd to intensified processes. Advanced mixedmatrix membranes comprising metal-organic frameworks (MOF) embedded in ap olymer matrix have been developed with the goal of breaking the trade-offe ffect of traditional polymer membranes and achieving separation performance beyond Robeson's upper limit. The key challenges in the fabrication of MOF-based mixed-matrix membranes are an enhancementi nc ompatibility between the inorganic filler and the polymer matrix, elimination of the irregular mor-phologyand non-selectiveinterfacial defects, and further improvement in the gas-separation performance. This review summarizes the recent advances in protocols and strategies in terms of designing interfacial interactions to enhancet he MOF/polymer interface compatibility. This review aims at providing some meaningful insights into preparing MOFbased mixed-matrix membranes targeting ideal interfacial morphology and leading to excellent gas-separation performance.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown great potential in gas storage and separation, energy storage and conversion, vapor sensing, and catalysis. Nevertheless, rare attention has been paid to their anticorrosion performances. At present, substantial hydrophobic and water stable MOFs (like ZIF-8), which are potentially favorable for their applications in anticorrosion industry, have been successfully designed and prepared. In this study, a facile ligand-assisted conversion strategy was employed to fully convert ZnAl-CO layered double hydroxide (LDH) precursor buffer layers to well intergrown ZIF-8 coatings. DC Polarization tests indicated that prepared ZIF-8 coatings showed the corrosive current 4 orders of magnitude lower than that of bare Al substrates, demonstrating that MOF materials were superb candidates for high-performance anticorrosion coatings.

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