The Penn State Research Foundation

Woochul Song

Manish Kumar

Tingwei Ren

Yue-Xiao Shen

Yu-Ming Tu

Chao Lang

Yue-xiao Shen

The present disclosure describes compositions and methods for preparing membrane protein nanosheets and two-dimensional crystals. In particular, the methods employ a solvent. A mixture of a polymer and a membrane protein is solubilized in the solvent, applied to a substrate, and subsequently dried to form the nanosheet or two-dimensional crystal. Applicants have surprisingly found that the membrane proteins maintain their structure when exposed to solvents during the short processing time utilized.

Organic solvent method for preparing membrane protein based nanosheets and membranes based on nanosheets

The present invention relates to a thin-film composite (TFC) membrane composition comprising macrocycles. The invention also relates in part to a method of fabricating a TFC membrane and to a method of using the TFC membrane to separate a desired liquid or gas from a liquid or gas mixture.

Thin-film composite membrane and methods of making and using the same

The present disclosure describes membrane compositions and methods for preparing membrane compositions. In particular, the methods employ a layer-by-layer approach to membrane preparation. The membrane compositions provide significantly enhanced membrane performance over existing commercial membranes, particularly in terms of permeability and selectivity.

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