Biomimetic and bioinspired membranes (BBMs) have garnered significant attention as
innovative platforms for membrane-based separations and purification. These membranes …

Emerging contaminants generated due to industrialization have shrunken fresh water
bodies. Nanofiltration membranes are relatively efficient at separating contaminants of …

Biomimetic approaches to developing membranes for separations have seen a renewed
interest in recent years. Biomimetic membranes incorporate biological elements or borrow …

Various types of channel proteins, broadly named porins, present in the cell membrane of
gram‐negative bacteria have specific functionalities depending on their selectivity toward …

Bioinspired and biomimetic membranes that contain biological transport channels or attain
their structural designs from biological systems have been through a remarkable …

Materials research is key to enable synthetic membranes for large-scale, energy-efficient
molecular separations. Materials with rigid, engineered pore structures add an additional …

Synthetic membranes with pores at the subnanometre scale are at the core of processes for
separating solutes from water, such as water purification and desalination. While these …

Industrialization and urbanization lead to increased generation of wastewater causing
serious environmental pollution and deterioration of water quality. Membrane-based water …

Chemical separations account for about 50% of costs and energy use associated with
chemical and petrochemical manufacturing, corresponding to about 10% of all energy use in …

Synthetic polymer membranes, critical to diverse energy-efficient separations, are subject to
permeability-selectivity trade-offs that decrease their overall efficacy. These trade-offs are …