Solute dynamics in membranes for liquid phase separations with a focus on molecular scale characterization

The short course discusses established and emerging uses of polymer membranes at the Energy/Water Nexus, the multiscale design of membranes for gas and water separations, experimental and computational characterization of polymer membranes, and the formulations and non-equilibrium processing methods used to manufacture membranes at the industrial scale. Potential Topics: • Overview of how polymer membranes are used for gas and liquid phase separations. • Formulation and non-equilibrium processing methods used to manufacture membranes. • Structural characterization of polymer membranes. • Molecular through bulk descriptions of thermodynamic partitioning (sorption) of solutes at membrane-solution interfaces. • Kinetics and solute dynamics in polymer membranes from molecular diffusion coefficients to bulk properties.