Nature Communications (Jun 2018)
Achieving high permeability and enhanced selectivity for Angstrom-scale separations using artificial water channel membranes
- Yue-xiao Shen,
- Woochul Song,
- D. Ryan Barden,
- Tingwei Ren,
- Chao Lang,
- Hasin Feroz,
- Codey B. Henderson,
- Patrick O. Saboe,
- Daniel Tsai,
- Hengjing Yan,
- Peter J. Butler,
- Guillermo C. Bazan,
- William A. Phillip,
- Robert J. Hickey,
- Paul S. Cremer,
- Harish Vashisth,
- Manish Kumar
Affiliations
- Yue-xiao Shen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Woochul Song
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- D. Ryan Barden
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire
- Tingwei Ren
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Chao Lang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Hasin Feroz
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Codey B. Henderson
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
- Patrick O. Saboe
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Daniel Tsai
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Hengjing Yan
- Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California at Santa Barbara
- Peter J. Butler
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Guillermo C. Bazan
- Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California at Santa Barbara
- William A. Phillip
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame
- Robert J. Hickey
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Paul S. Cremer
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
- Harish Vashisth
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire
- Manish Kumar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04604-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Synthetic polymeric membranes used for separations suffer from permeability-selectivity trade-offs. Here the authors demonstrate how a bioinspired pillar[5]arene artificial water channel embedded in a copolymer membrane can improve selectivity while still achieving high permeability.
