Development of Nanostructured Water Treatment Membranes Based on Thermotropic Liquid Crystals: Molecular Design of Sub-Nanoporous Materials

Anion Exchange on Cationic Surfactant Micelles, and a Speciation Model for Estimating Anion Removal on Micelles during Ultrafiltration of Water

(2017) Ming Chen et al.   LANGMUIR

Tailoring Pore Size and Chemical Interior of near 1 nm Sized Pores in a Nanoporous Polymer Based on a Discotic Liquid Crystal

(2017) Subham Bhattacharjee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

From water to organics in membrane separations

(2017) Ryan P. Lively et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Tunable sieving of ions using graphene oxide membranes

(2017) Jijo Abraham et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Highly Efficient Virus Rejection with Self-Organized Membranes Based on a Crosslinked Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystal

(2017) Nicolas Marets et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Transport of ions and electrons in nanostructured liquid crystals

(2017) Takashi Kato et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Size-Selective Binding of Sodium and Potassium Ions in Nanoporous Thin Films of Polymerized Liquid Crystals

(2016) Gerardus M. Bögels et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Protocols for atomistic modeling of water uptake into zeolite crystals for thermal storage and other applications

(2016) Matteo Fasano et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Salt Solutions in Carbon Nanotubes: The Role of Cation−π Interactions

(2016) Tuan Anh Pham et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Biomimetic Solid-State Nanochannels: From Fundamental Research to Practical Applications

(2016) Kai Xiao et al.   Small

Molecular dynamic simulations of pressure-driven water transport through polyamide nanofiltration membranes at different membrane densities

(2016) Luying Wang et al.   RSC Advances

Materials for next-generation desalination and water purification membranes

(2016) Jay R. Werber et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Rotating carbon nanotube membrane filter for water desalination

(2016) Qingsong Tu et al.   Scientific Reports

Thin Polymer Films with Continuous Vertically Aligned 1 nm Pores Fabricated by Soft Confinement

(2015) Xunda Feng et al.   ACS Nano

On the structure and rejection of ions by a polyamide membrane in pressure-driven molecular dynamics simulations

(2015) Minxia Ding et al.   DESALINATION

Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Aquaporin Z-Incorporated Biomimetic Membranes for Water Purification

(2015) Miaoqi Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Understanding water and ion transport behaviour and permeability through poly(amide) thin film composite membrane

(2015) Weimin Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Engineered Asymmetric Heterogeneous Membrane: A Concentration-Gradient-Driven Energy Harvesting Device

(2015) Zhen Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Zwitterionic liquid crystals as 1D and 3D lithium ion transport media

(2015) Bartolome Soberats et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Selective Absorption of Hydrophobic Cations in Nanostructured Porous Materials from Crosslinked Hydrogen-Bonded Columnar Liquid Crystals

(2015) Gerardus M. Bögels et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Nanoporous Block Copolymer Membranes for Ultrafiltration: A Simple Approach to Size Tunability

(2014) Hyungju Ahn et al.   ACS Nano

Scalable Fabrication of Polymer Membranes with Vertically Aligned 1 nm Pores by Magnetic Field Directed Self-Assembly

(2014) Xunda Feng et al.   ACS Nano

Responsive Nanoporous Smectic Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks as Efficient and Selective Adsorbents

(2014) Huub P. C. van Kuringen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Key role of hydrates in determining ion rejection by polyamide membrane

(2014) Jing-Gang Gai et al.   POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

What Have We Learnt About the Mechanisms of Rapid Water Transport, Ion Rejection and Selectivity in Nanopores from Molecular Simulation?

(2014) Michael Thomas et al.   Small

From Natural to Bioassisted and Biomimetic Artificial Water Channel Systems

(2013) Mihail Barboiu et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Isoporous Micro/Nanoengineered Membranes

(2013) Majid Ebrahimi Warkiani et al.   ACS Nano

From Channel-Forming Ionic Liquid Crystals Exhibiting Humidity-Induced Phase Transitions to Nanostructured Ion-Conducting Polymer Membranes

(2013) Heng Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Liquid-Crystalline Ordering as a Concept in Materials Science: From Semiconductors to Stimuli-Responsive Devices

(2013) Eva-Kristina Fleischmann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Alkyl-bis(imidazolium) salts: a new amphiphile platform that forms thermotropic and non-aqueous lyotropic bicontinuous cubic phases

(2013) Lily A. Robertson et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A review on membrane fabrication: Structure, properties and performance relationship

(2013) Boor Singh Lalia et al.   DESALINATION

Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation of pressure-driven water transport through modified CNT membranes

(2013) Luying Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Molecular dynamics simulations in membrane-based water treatment processes: A systematic overview

(2013) Hannah Ebro et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Self-organized isoporous membranes with tailored pore sizes

(2013) Sofia Rangou et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Self-Organized Liquid-Crystalline Nanostructured Membranes for Water Treatment: Selective Permeation of Ions

(2012) Masahiro Henmi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Functional Organic Materials Based on Polymerized Liquid-Crystal Monomers: Supramolecular Hydrogen-Bonded Systems

(2012) Dirk J. Broer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Glycerol-Based Bicontinuous Cubic Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Monomer System for the Fabrication of Thin-Film Membranes with Uniform Nanopores

(2012) Blaine M. Carter et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Induction of Thermotropic Bicontinuous Cubic Phases in Liquid-Crystalline Ammonium and Phosphonium Salts

(2012) Takahiro Ichikawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Block Copolymer Permeable Membrane with Visualized High-Density Straight Channels of Poly(ethylene oxide)

(2011) Takashi Yamamoto et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Guest-Responsive Covalent Frameworks by the Cross-Linking of Liquid-Crystalline Salts: Tuning of Lattice Flexibility by the Design of Polymerizable Units

(2011) Yasuhiro Ishida et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Molecular dynamics simulations of the interactions of potential foulant molecules and a reverse osmosis membrane

(2011) Zak E. Hughes et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Computer simulations of water flux and salt permeability of the reverse osmosis FT-30 aromatic polyamide membrane

(2011) Yun Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

3D Interconnected Ionic Nano-Channels Formed in Polymer Films: Self-Organization and Polymerization of Thermotropic Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystals

(2011) Takahiro Ichikawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Designing the Next Generation of Chemical Separation Membranes

(2011) D. L. Gin et al.   SCIENCE

Nanocomposites of Vertically Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Magnetic Alignment and Polymerization of a Lyotropic Precursor

(2010) Meagan S. Mauter et al.   ACS Nano

From Nanostructured Liquid Crystals to Polymer-Based Electrolytes

(2010) Takashi Kato   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

High Performance Thin-Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membrane

(2010) Ngai Yin Yip et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A computational investigation of the properties of a reverse osmosis membrane

(2010) Zak E. Hughes et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Water purification by membranes: The role of polymer science

(2010) Geoffrey M. Geise et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

High performance RO membranes for desalination and wastewater reclamation and their operation results

(2010) M. Henmi et al.   WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Characterization of methyl-substituted polyamides used for reverse osmosis membranes by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy and MD simulation

(2009) Takuji Shintani et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Recent advances in the fabrication of nanotemplates from supramolecular self-organization

(2009) Yun Ho Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

New Type of Li Ion Conductor with 3D Interconnected Nanopores via Polymerization of a Liquid Organic Electrolyte-Filled Lyotropic Liquid-Crystal Assembly

(2009) Robert L. Kerr et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cubic Phase Formation and Interplay between Alkyl Chains and Hydrogen Bonds in 1,2-Bis(4′-n-alkoxybenzoyl)hydrazines (BABH-n)

(2008) Shoichi Kutsumizu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades

(2008) Mark A. Shannon et al.   NATURE