Thin polymer films with continuous vertically aligned 1 nm pores fabricated by soft confinement

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 150-158

  Feng, Xunda ^a   Nejati, Siamak ^a   Cowan, Matthew G ^b,c   Tousley, Marissa E ^a   Wiesenauer, Brian R ^b   Noble, Richard D ^c   Elimelech, Menachem ^a   Gin, Douglas L ^b,c   Osuji, Chinedum O ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane separation; Soft confinement; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; NANOPORES; PORE SIZE; SCALABILITY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; THIN FILMS;

MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; NANOPOROUS MEMBRANE; NARROW DISTRIBUTION; SUBMICRON THICKNESS; THIN POLYMER FILMS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WATER PURIFICATION;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84990925142     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b06130     Document Type: Article

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