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 …

Synthetic membranes featuring confined nanostructures have emerged as a prominent
category of leading materials that can selectively separate target ions from complex water …

State-of-the-art desalination membranes exhibit high water-salt selectivity, but their ability to
discriminate between ions is limited. Elucidating the fundamental mechanisms underlying …

Membranes offer a scalable and cost-effective approach to ion separations for lithium
recovery. In the case of salt-lake brines, however, the high feed salinity and low pH of the …

This review introduces the development history of the widely used NF model, ie, the Donnan-
Steric Pore Model with Dielectric Exclusion (DSPM-DE), from the emergence of its …

A new class of membranes that can separate ions of similar size and charge is highly
desired for resource recovery, water reuse and energy storage technologies. These …

Membrane technologies using reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) have been
widely implemented in water purification and desalination processes. Separation between …

Water desalination technologies are extensively utilized to solve water scarcity problems in
many regions of the world. Discovery and application of two-dimensional (2D) nanoporous …

Mechanosensitivity is one of the essential functionalities of biological ion channels.
Synthesizing an artificial nanofluidic system to mimic such sensations will not only improve …

While polyamide reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes have been extensively
utilized in water purification and desalination processes, the molecular details governing …