Tuning the permselectivity of polymeric desalination membranes via control of polymer crystallite size

Xinglin Lu; Xunda Feng; Yi Yang; Jin Jiang; Wei Cheng; Caihong Liu; Manesh Gopinadhan; Chinedum O. Osuji; Jun Ma; Menachem Elimelech

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10132-0

Nature Communications (May 2019)

Tuning the permselectivity of polymeric desalination membranes via control of polymer crystallite size

Xinglin Lu,
Xunda Feng,
Yi Yang,
Jin Jiang,
Wei Cheng,
Caihong Liu,
Manesh Gopinadhan,
Chinedum O. Osuji,
Jun Ma,
Menachem Elimelech

Affiliations

Xinglin Lu: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
Xunda Feng: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
Yi Yang: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology
Jin Jiang: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology
Wei Cheng: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology
Caihong Liu: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology
Manesh Gopinadhan: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
Chinedum O. Osuji: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
Jun Ma: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology
Menachem Elimelech: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10132-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

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Increasing the selectivity of desalination membranes is of crucial importance for advancing membrane desalination technologies. Here the authors demonstrate a plasticizing-extracting process for tuning the permselectivity of polymeric membranes and achieving desired desalination performance.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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