Piezodialysis: styrene-butadiene copolymer membranes

Material Transport through Charged Mosaic Membrane

“…Since K. Sollner foresightedly proposed a model for a charged mosaic membrane, [1][2][3][4] several investigations have been presented, but unfortunately a functional membrane for practical applications has not been obtained to date. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] If such a charged membrane were available, new membrane technology for the effective production of salts the from ocean would be possible. Conventional techniques that use membranes, such as electrodialysis methods, need to be improved to become more effective because present systems cannot provide highly concentrated seawater.…”

“…Our goal was to elucidate the material transport mechanism across a charged mosaic membrane. Since K. Sollner foresightedly proposed a model for a charged mosaic membrane,1–4 several investigations have been presented, but unfortunately a functional membrane for practical applications has not been obtained to date 5–19. If such a charged membrane were available, new membrane technology for the effective production of salts the from ocean would be possible.…”