Semi-crystalline polymer blended gas or chemical separation membranes are
obtained by melting and processing 50-99 wt % of a thermoplastic resin,
1-50 wt % of a semicrystalline polymer and 0.1-10 wt % of a
compatibilixer. A method for fabricating semi-crystalline polymer blended
gas or chemical separation membrane includes the steps of: mixing 50-99
wt % of thermoplastic resin, 1-50 wt % of semi crystalline polymer and
0.1-10 wt % of compatibilizer; and axially drawing the resulting blend
melt coming from an extrusion die. The separation membrane exhibits high
selectivity when applied in a gas separation process exceeding the limit
value which has been seldom overcome by the existing separation membranes
as well as high permeability enough to be applied in real gas separation
processes. This enhanced selectivity is ascnbed to the morphology of the
ternary blends and different interaction between the compatibilizer and
diffusing molecules. The membrane prepared by this method can be used for
chemical separation processes (such as reverse osmosis, artificial
kidney, artificial lung, drug delivery, drug release, to name a few) as
well as liquids and gas separation processes.