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Cover Picture: Charge‐ and Size‐Selective Molecular Separation using Ultrathin Cellulose Membranes (ChemSusChem 20/2016)
Author(s) -
Puspasari Tiara,
Yu Haizhou,
Peinemann KlausViktor
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201601414
Subject(s) - cellulose , membrane , chemical engineering , trimethylsilyl , molecule , chemistry , materials science , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , biochemistry
The Cover picture shows a 10 nm thick composite membrane made from cellulose that is capable of precisely sieving molecules (with a perfect discrimination of anionic over neutral molecules) at remarkably high flux. The membrane was prepared using trimethylsilyl cellulose (TMSC) as a precursor, providing estimated pore size between 1.5–3.5 nm depending on regeneration period and initial TMSC layer thickness. This is one of the best separation performances ever achieved when using cellulose membranes. More details can be found in the Communication by Puspasari et al. on page 2908 in Issue 20, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201600791).