title: Stable liquid membranes: recent developments and future directions.
abstract: Immobilized liquid membranes offer the advantages of high selectivity and species flux in separation of species from either gaseous or liquid streams. Despite these advantages, they are not yet commercially viable because of their instabilities and limited lifetime. This paper presents recent advances made in developing stable immobilized liquid membranes for gas separation with high fluxes and selectivities for the species of interest. Some of the recent approaches being studied for development of stable liquid membranes for liquid separation are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Baker Petrolite, Sugar Land, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: A Sarma
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kovvali
authors.forename: Kamalesh K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Sirkar
mesh_terms: D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / Q000379:methods*; D005782:Gels; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D014867:Water