Materials for next-generation molecularly selective synthetic membranes

Nature Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 289-297

  Koros, William J ^a   Zhang, Chen ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ADVANCED MATERIALS; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; ENERGY EFFICIENT; MATERIALS RESEARCH; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; MEMBRANE PROCESS; MOLECULAR SEPARATION; SYNTHETIC MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY;

EID: 85011003420     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4805     Document Type: Article

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