Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Highly hydrophilic and highly oleophobic membrane for oil-water separation
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Application No.: US14114427Application Date: 2012-04-27
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Publication No.: US09657126B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Renbi Bai , Xiaoying Zhu
- Applicant: Renbi Bai , Xiaoying Zhu
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: National University of Singapore
- Current Assignee: National University of Singapore
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Cesari and McKenna LLP
- International Application: PCT/SG2012/000152 WO 20120427
- International Announcement: WO2012/148359 WO 20121101
- Main IPC: C08F14/18
- IPC: C08F14/18 ; C08F114/18 ; C08F214/18 ; C08F18/20 ; C08L27/24 ; C08F214/22 ; B01D69/08 ; B01D71/34 ; B01D71/32 ; C08F259/08 ; B01D71/40 ; B01D71/78 ; B01D71/82 ; C08L27/16 ; C02F1/44 ; C08F218/00 ; C08L27/12 ; C08F259/00 ; D06M15/277 ; B01D39/00 ; B01D39/14 ; B01D17/02 ; C02F1/00 ; C02F1/40 ; C02F101/32 ; B01D17/00

Abstract:
A polymeric membrane for separating oil from water has a pore size of 0.005 μm to 5 μm, a thickness of 50 μm to 1,000 μm, a water contact angle of 0° to 60°, an oil contact angle of 40° to 100°. The membrane contains a hydrophobic matrix polymer and a functional polymer that contains a hydrophobic backbone and side chains. The side chains each have an oleophobic terminal segment and a hydrophilic internal segment. The weight ratio of the matrix polymer to the functional polymer is 99:1 to 1:9. Also disclosed is a method of making the above described membrane.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140048478A1 HIGHLY HYDROPHILIC AND HIGHLY OLEOPHOBIC MEMBRANE FOR OIL-WATER SEPARATION Public/Granted day:2014-02-20
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