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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Ngai Yin Yip, New Haven, CT (US);
William Anthony Phillip, New Haven, CT (US);
Jessica Deborah Schiffman, New Haven, CT (US);
Menachem Elimelech, New Haven, CT (US);
Ngai Yin Yip, New Haven, CT (US);
William Anthony Phillip, New Haven, CT (US);
Jessica Deborah Schiffman, New Haven, CT (US);
Menachem Elimelech, New Haven, CT (US);
Yale University, New Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
One aspect of the invention relates to customized thin-film composite membranes comprising: a porous support; a selective barrier; and one or more polymeric additives dispersed in the porous support in an amount from at least about 1% and about 50% by weight of the porous support. Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of fabricating a porous support comprising the steps of: preparing a polymer solution comprising a polymer, a polymeric additive, and a first liquid; contacting a surface with the polymer solution; and evaporating the liquid. Another aspect of the invention relates to the use of the thin-film composite membranes disclosed herein in osmotically driven membrane processes.