Maximizing the right stuff: The trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity

Science

Volumn 356, Issue 6343, 2017, Pages 1138-1148

  Park, Ho Bum ^a   Kamcev, Jovan ^b   Robeson, Lloyd M ^c   Elimelech, Menachem ^d   Freeman, Benny D ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c Lehigh University   (United States)

^d Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HYDROCARBON; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; NANOSHEET; PETROLEUM; POLYMER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; ZEOLITE;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; PURIFICATION; REFINING INDUSTRY; SEPARATION;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FILM; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE SELECTIVITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERVAPORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE AREA; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TRANSPORT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVICES; PERMEABILITY;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 85020938831     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aab0530     Document Type: Review

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