Eric Glowacki preparing a membrane for testing using a custom-built permeation measurement tool

Membranes that Respond to Light

/in /by

2010:

Novel gas membranes that demonstrate variable permeability when illuminated with different wavelengths of light were developed at LLE’s Optical Materials Laboratory. These are based on light-sensitive liquid crystals, synthesized at LLE, and absorbed into micropores of a thin plastic sheet.

Shown here is one of the developers, Eric Glowacki, preparing a membrane for testing

One of the developers, Eric Glowacki, preparing a membrane for testing