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Thin Films: Water Transport through Ultrathin Polyamide Nanofilms Used for Reverse Osmosis (Adv. Mater. 15/2018)
Author(s) -
Jiang Zhiwei,
Karan Santanu,
Livingston Andrew G.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201870107
Subject(s) - materials science , polyamide , reverse osmosis , membrane , porosity , chemical engineering , thin film , thin film composite membrane , polymer , sodium , nanotechnology , composite material , genetics , engineering , biology , metallurgy
Ultrathin, freestanding, and highly crosslinked polymer films with controllable thickness are fabricated by Andrew G. Livingston and co‐workers in article number 1705973 . The independent impact of film thickness and support materials on the membrane performance is explored, revealing that ultrathin films (6.5 nm) transferred onto porous support substrates enable fast water transport and good separation of sodium chloride ions.