Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

Crystal nuclei templated nanostructured membranes prepared by solvent crystallization and polymer migration

  • Bo Wang,
  • Jing Ji,
  • Kang Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12804
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Conventionally porous polymeric membranes for filtration are produced by phase-separation techniques, but this process has reached saturation. Here, Li and co-workers developed a manufacturing process involving oriented green solvent crystallization and polymer migration to form high-performance membranes.