Ultrathin Silica Membranes with Highly Ordered and Perpendicular Nanochannels for Precise and Fast Molecular Separation

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 11266-11277

  Lin, Xingyu ^a   Yang, Qian ^a   Ding, Longhua ^a   Su, Bin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ion transport; molecular separation; nanochannel; silica; ultrathin membrane

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; IONIC STRENGTH; SEPARATION; SILICA; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ION TRANSPORTS; MEMBRANE FABRICATION; MOLECULAR SEPARATION; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; NANO CHANNELS; SEPARATION SCIENCE; ULTRA-THIN MEMBRANES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84948408136     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04887     Document Type: Article

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