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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xinglin Lu, Xunda Feng, Yi Yang, Jin Jiang, Wei Cheng, Caihong Liu, Manesh Gopinadhan, Chinedum O. Osuji, Jun Ma, Menachem Elimelech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10132-0