Membraneless water filtration using CO2

Water treatment processes mostly rely on the use of membranes and filters, which have high pumping costs and require periodic replacement. Here, the authors describe an efficient membraneless method that induces directed motion of suspended colloidal particles by exposing the suspension to CO2.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sangwoo Shin, Orest Shardt, Patrick B. Warren, Howard A. Stone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15181