A simple method to make a membrane with regions of differential permeability

Ying Horng Steve Liu; Eric A. Livesay; Kevin J. Luebke; Stephen Albert Johnston

doi:10.1016/S0376-7388(02)00605-1

A simple method to make a membrane with regions of differential permeability

Ying Horng Steve Liu, Eric A. Livesay, Kevin J. Luebke, Stephen Albert Johnston

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Abstract

We describe a method of using heat to produce any pattern of differential permeability in commercially available fluid permeable membranes. An aluminum heating block is machined with specific patterns, heated, and placed in contact with a continuous sheet of polypropylene membrane in order to create impermeable regions in the otherwise permeable membrane. The permeability of the membrane to fluid can be altered by this method in any pattern chosen. Such differentially permeable membranes can be used in high-density, multi-well filtration plates for chemical syntheses or biological assays.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	95-101
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Membrane Science
Volume	215
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0376-7388(02)00605-1
State	Published - Apr 15 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biotechnology
High-density filter plate
Liquid permeability and separations
Microfiltration
Microporous and porous membranes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
General Materials Science
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Filtration and Separation

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