A new class of membranes for use in protective clothing. More
specifically, the present invention relates to a polymer-polymer membrane
with an ionic polymer located within the nanopores of a porous polymer
host membrane. A method for making the polymer-polymer membranes involves
filling porous polymers with ionic polymers. The porous polymers may be
fabricated by a template synthesis which involves sorption. The ionic
polymers may be filled in the nanopores of the porous polymer by
plasma-induced graft copolymerization of the ionic polymer with the
porous polymeric host membrane.