High flux fluid separation membranes comprising a cellulose or cellulose derivative layer
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- THE RES FOUND OF STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK
- Publication Date
- 2010-06-02
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Abstract
Description
[0001] government rights
[0002] This invention was made with Government support under Grant No. N000140310932 to the Office of Naval Research. The government has certain rights in this invention.
[0003] Cross References to Related Applications
[0004] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60 / 931,765, filed May 26, 2007, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60 / 947,045, filed June 29, 2007, the entire contents of which are for all Its purpose is incorporated herein in its entirety. field of invention
[0005] The present invention relates to a simple process for the preparation of cellulose and cellulose derivative composite membranes with enhanced permeate flux properties. The membranes of the present invention are useful as fluid separation membranes such as ultrafiltration membranes, nanofiltration membranes, reverse osmosis membranes and forward osmosis membranes. Background of the invention
[0006] Cellulose is an abundant...