SYSTEM FOR INSITU CHARACTERIZATION OF SYNTHETIC MEMBRANE

尽管合成膜的市场正在向27亿美元增长 在接下来的十年里，缺乏技术来实现 薄膜孔结构的原位表征。 这减缓了膜发展的进展，限制了人们对 膜的功能，并导致更高的成本开发和 制造薄膜。 TPL提出了一种能够对薄膜进行测量的传感器系统 它们与成品膜具有完全相同的特性。这个 传感器将基于具有质量的微型固态SAW设备 灵敏度为10-12g。 在第一阶段，中孔、微孔、无孔和闭孔 将对薄膜进行评估。在恒定温度下， 对薄膜吸收气体的传感器，以及对气体的压力 当气体与薄膜相互作用时，将允许详细评估 膜功能在目前的技术中是不可能的。 第三方物流及其合作者在开发方面拥有丰富的经验 传感器和仪器系统以及在测量孔隙度方面 薄膜和粉末的特性。巨大的进步 利用新系统实现的分析能力将导致 新的，更便宜的膜，用于许多领域的应用 生物技术和医学。 建议的商业应用 膜的开发和制造、密封、医疗和 生物技术产品。

Though the market for synthetic membranes is growing toward 2.7 billion dollars in the next decade, there is an absence of technology for in situ characterization of the pore structure of thin film membranes. This is slowing progress in membrane development, limiting understanding of membrane function, and causing higher costs to develop and manufacture membranes. TPL proposes a sensor system able to make measurements on thin films that have exactly the same characteristics as finished membranes. The sensor will be based on a miniature, solid state, SAW device with mass sensitivity of 10-12g. During Phase I, mesoporous, microporous, nonporous and closed porous thin films will be evaluated. At constant temperature, the response of the sensor to absorption of gas by the thin film, and the pressure of a gas as it interacts with the film will permit detailed assessment of membrane function not possible with current techniques. TPL and its collaborators have substantial experience in the development of sensors and instrumentation systems, and in measuring porosity characteristics of both thin films and powders. The vast improvement in analytical capability achieved with the new system will result in new, less expensive membranes for many applications in the fields of biotechnology and medicine. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION Membrane development and manufacture, hermetic seals, medical and biotechnology products.