Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Polyamide nanofiltration membrane with highly uniform sub-nanometre pores for sub-1 Å precision separation

  • Yuanzhe Liang,
  • Yuzhang Zhu,
  • Cheng Liu,
  • Kueir-Rarn Lee,
  • Wei-Song Hung,
  • Zhenyi Wang,
  • Youyong Li,
  • Menachem Elimelech,
  • Jian Jin,
  • Shihong Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15771-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Separating molecules or ions with sub-Angstrom scale precision is important but technically challenging. Here, the authors demonstrate that precise solute-solute separation can be achieved using polyamide membranes formed via surfactant-assembly regulated interfacial polymerization.