Patents Assigned to Memtec Ltd.
  • Formation of porous materials
    Patent number: 5529690
    Abstract: An asymmetric or double-sided porous material, which comprises at least one porous layer of a polymer on a porous support or carrier, where the polymer is formed from a self-assembled microstructured liquid. A method of producing the same comprising positioning the support or carrier against or adjacent an inert surface, providing an excess of polymerisable liquid to completely wet the carrier and form a film through capillary action between the carrier and the inert surface and penetrating the carrier, then polymerising the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignees: The Australian National University, Memtec Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard M. Pashley, Barry W. Ninham, Stephen T. Hyde, Marilyn E. Karaman, Richard A. Morris