Innovative Coating Membranes for Water Treatment

The functionalization of membranes via coating technique represents an interesting and advanced approach to prepare tailored membranes. The most common methods for the preparation of coated membranes, such as solution coating and polymerization reactions, have been reported and discussed in the chapter. The coatings are mainly applied for enhancing either hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity of membranes depending on the field of application. In particular, two case studies of hydrophobic membrane coatings and one case study of hydrophilic coating, developed at ITMCNR, are reported and discussed for specific application in water treatment.