This eclectic mix of studies on the chemical and electrochemical behavior of membrane surfaces investigates both organic and inorganic membranes from a host of different perspectives and in the context of many diverse disciplines. Surface Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Membranes discusses the phenomenology of synthetic membranes in terms of processes of reverse osmosis, desalination, diffusion, and gas permeation; elucidates atomic force microscopy of synthetic membranes; describes transport mechanisms in terms of the interaction of membrane surfaces, interiors, and surrounding fluids; analyzes cation- and anion-exchange and electroconvective mechanisms in membrane transport; examines permeability and adhesion in biomembranes; and more.

From the Preface: “Interest in the functioning of membranes is growing continuously, as is reflected in the overwhelming output of scientific papers in the field every year. There is increasing awareness of the crucial role played by the membrane surface — not only in synthetic membranes for reverse osmosis, desalination, purification, hemodialysis, and so on, but also in the biological membranes. The surface properties may be of a general physical nature (as in static or dynamic electric double layers), of a physicochemical nature (as the frozen-in two-phase structure of membranes with phase inversion during casting), or of a more specific chemical nature...”

Target Audience: Physical, surface, colloid, inorganic, organic, medicinal, and analytical chemists; chemical engineers; biophysicists and biotechnologists; and upper-level students of these disciplines.

Table of Contents:

Chemical and Physical Structure of Synthetic Membranes and Membrane Surfaces:

Atomic Force Microscope Studies of Membrane Surfaces

A Multidisciplinary Approach Towards Pore Size Distributions of Microporous and Mesoporous Membranes

Surface Functionalization of Polymer Membranes

Formation Process, Analysis and Structure of Silica Polymers, Fractal Aggregates and Membranes

Transport Phenomena in Synthetic Membranes — Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration Gas Pervaporation, Diffusion, Osmosis:

Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Polymer Solution-Diffusion Membranes

Irreversible Thermodynamic Models for Pervaporation and Ultrafiltration

Protein Adsorption on Ultrafiltration Membrane Surfaces and Effects on Transport

Diffusion of Dyes in Porous Membranes with Parallel Pore and Surface Diffusion

Osmotic Properties of Polyelectrolyte Gels

Electrochemical Transport Processes Through Synthetic Membranes and Membrane Surfaces:

Electrochemical Characterization of Membranes and Membrane Surfaces by EMF Measurements

Transport Numbers of Ions in Charged Membrane Systems

Ion Equilibrium and Transport in Weak Amphoteric Membranes

Water, Ion and Entropy Transport in Ion-Exchange Membranes

Irreversible Thermodynamics of Membrane Surface Transport with Application to Polymer Fuel Cells

Electroosmotic Transport Through Ion-Exchange Membranes

Anion-Exchange Membranes with Viologen Cross-Links Showing Photovoltaic Effects and with Permselective Properties Determined by Photoirradiation

Electroconductive Mechanisms in Concentration Polarization at Electrodialysis Membranes

Impedance and Dielectric Dispersion of Synthetic and Biological Membranes and Membrane Surfaces:

Interfacial Electrodynamics of Membranes and Polymer Films

The Characterization of Membranes and Membrane Surfaces Using Impedance Spectroscopy

Impedance of Multilayer Membrane Systems

Biomembranes and Biomembrane Surfaces:

The Role of Water in the Surface Properties of Lipid Bilayers and Its Influence on Permeability

Surface Electrostatics of Biological Membranes and Ion Binding

Ion Transport Across a Membrane with Soft Polar Interfaces

Nonlinear Instability of Biological Membrane Surfaces with Application to Bioadhesion

Index