@article{4208e2c2264b4467afd4ddf6436ff3c3,
title = "Current status and future directions of self-assembled block copolymer membranes for molecular separations",
abstract = "One of the most efficient and promising separation alternatives to thermal methods such as distillation is the use of polymeric membranes that separate mixtures based on molecular size or chemical affinity. Self-assembled block copolymer membranes have gained considerable attention within the membrane field due to precise control over nanoscale structure, pore size, and chemical versatility. Despite the rapid progress and excitement, a significant hurdle in using block copolymer membranes for nanometer and sub-nanometer separations such as nanofiltration and reverse osmosis is the lower limit on domain size features. Strategies such as polymer post-functionalization, self-assembly of oligomers, liquid crystals, and random copolymers, or incorporation of artificial/natural channels within block copolymer materials are future directions with the potential to overcome current limitations with respect to separation size. This journal is ",
author = "Chao Lang and Manish Kumar and Hickey, {Robert J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Robert J. Hickey is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He received his BS and PhD in Chemistry at Widener University (2007) and the University of Pennsylvania (2013), respectively. Before starting at Penn State in 2016, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota. The Hickey group investigates equilibrium and non equilibrium chemical and self-assembly methods to create functional, multiscale polymeric materials. As an assistant professor, Robert has been awarded the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Prize and the NSF CAREER Award. Funding Information: The work was supported by the National Science Foundation through the DMREF program under grant number CMMI 2119717. MK acknowledges funding from the National Science Foundation (CBET 1946392) and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (HDTRA12010005). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Royal Society of Chemistry.",
year = "2021",
month = dec,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1039/d1sm01368h",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "17",
pages = "10405--10415",
journal = "Soft Matter",
issn = "1744-683X",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "46",
}