Polymersomes-based high-performance reverse osmosis membrane for desalination

• Main Authors: Qi, Saren, Fang, Wangxi, Siti, Winna, Widjajanti, Wentalia, Hu, Xiao, Wang, Rong
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Reverse Osmosis; Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment; Polymersome
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85199; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50429
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Polymersomes-based reverse osmosis (RO) membrane (PBM) for desalination was reported for the first time. An amphiphilic tri-block copolymer, PMOXA6-PDMS35-PMOXA6 (ABA), was self-assembled to form polymersomes with spherical nanostructure. The polymersomes were then immobilized into a polyamide netwo...