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ReviewPolymers2022

Polymeric Materials and Microfabrication Techniques for Liquid Filtration Membranes.

Thomas Kerr-Phillips, Benjamin Schon, David Barker

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Review in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas Kerr-PhillipsSchool of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland 92019, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-1015-0550
Benjamin SchonThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre, 74 Gerald St., Lincoln 7608, New Zealand.
David BarkerSchool of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland 92019, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-3425-6552
University of Auckland · NZPlant & Food Research · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review surveys and summarizes the materials and methods used to make liquid filtration membranes. Examples of each method including phase inversion, electrospinning, interfacial polymerization, thin film composites, stretching, lithography and templating techniques, are given and the pros and cons of each method are discussed. Trends of recent literature are also discussed and their potential direction is deliberated. Furthermore, the polymeric materials used in the fabrication process of liquid filtration membranes are also reviewed and trends and similarities are shown and discussed. Thin film composites and selective filtration applications appear to be a growing area of research for membrane technology. Other than the required mechanical properties (tensile strength, toughness and chemical and thermal stability), it becomes apparent that polymer solubility and hydropathy are key factors in determining their applicability for use as a membrane material.

Indexed as

liquid filtrationmembranespolymers

Identifiers

PMID36236007
PMCPMC9572744
OpenAlexW4297548829

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Registered trials

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