Self-assembly approaches, eg colloidal, emulsion and polymer phase separation, provide
scientists with an exotic yet direct platform to access technologically desired nanostructures …

Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) have drawn attention in numerous technical fields as they
feature a variety of nanometer-scale structures, processability, and diverse chemical …

The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive and consistent overview of structural
transitions during polymerization of high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs). The obtained …

We report microphase-separated structured, 4, 4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene) diphthalic
anhydride (6FDA)–2, 4, 6-trimethyl-1, 3-diaminobenzene (DAM) polyimide (PI)-based PI …

Membrane filtration processes like microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) are proven to
be effective in industrial wastewater treatment, including oil-water separation, as they …

Nanostructured polymers synthesized by lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) templates with normal
hexagonal (H 1) structure exhibit a 3D-continuous transport path, which makes them ideal …

In this contribution, a novel cellulose acetate modified with dopamine (CA-DA) membrane
material was designed and prepared by a two-step route consist of chlorination and further …

Material relationships at low temperatures were determined for concentrated surfactant
solutions using a combination of rheological experiments, cross-polarized microscopy …

The challenges of membrane science include the breakthrough of trade-off effect between
the permeability and selectivity, antifouling, stability, etc. The key to the achievement of the …

In this study, we present the fabrication of a two-step thermoresponsive ultrafiltration (UF)
membrane through polymerization of a lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC). A mixture of …