Biomimetic aquaporin membranes coming of age

Desalination

Volumn 368, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-105

  Tang, Chuyang ^a   Wang, Zhining ^b   Petrinić, Irena ^c   Fane, Anthony G ^d   Hélix Nielsen, Claus ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquaporin membranes; Biomimetics; Desalination; Water purification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMIMETICS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CYTOLOGY; DESALINATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION; TOBACCO; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AQUAPORINS; COST-EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUPPORTING STRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; WATER CHANNEL PROTEINS; WATER PURIFICATION;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN; PURIFICATION;

EID: 84937943601     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.04.026     Document Type: Article

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