Section I Introduction and fundamentals 1. Introduction 2. Polymeric membrane fabrication by phase inversion 3. Molecular simulation of the phase inversion process 4. Hollow fiber membranes prepared via thermally induced phase separation
Section II Fundamentals of hollow fiber membrane fabrication 5. Irregular contour 6. Macrovoid formation 7. Macrovoid-free hollow fiber 8. Membrane formation of sulfonated polymers 9. Spinneret design and considerations 10. Module fabrication of hollow fiber membranes
Section III Novel hollow fiber processes 11. Nano hollow fibers 12. Hollow fiber spinning of dual-layer membranes 13. Use ionic liquids for hollow fiber spinning
Section V Applications of hollow fiber membranes 18. Polyimide hollow fibers for gas separation 19. Composite hollow fibers for gas separation 20. I2PS hollow fibers for pervaporation 21. Hollow fibers for microfiltration and ultrafiltration 22. Hollow fibers for nanofiltration/organic solvent nanofiltration 23. Hollow fibers for reverse osmosis (RO)/forward osmosis (FO)/pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) 24. Hollow fiber for membrane distillation (MD)