Thin-film composite (TFC) membranes are the heart of reverse osmosis (RO) processes for
desalination and water reuse. In recent years, nanomaterials with high permeability …

Membrane-based separations for water purification and desalination have been
increasingly applied to address the global challenges of water scarcity and the pollution of …

Understanding the structure and dynamics of water's constituent ions, proton and hydroxide,
has been a subject of numerous experimental and theoretical studies over the last century …

The synthesis of polyamide (PA) nanofiltration (NF) membranes by interfacial polymerization
(IP) for ion and molecular separations has been studied for decades, but the pursuit of …

Artificial water channels are synthetic molecules that aim to mimic the structural and
functional features of biological water channels (aquaporins). Here we report on a cluster …

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has emerged as a new and important member in the group of
gaseous signaling molecules. However, the molecular transport mechanism has not yet …

Water plays a key role in biological membrane transport. In ion channels and water-
conducting pores (aquaporins), one-dimensional confinement in conjunction with strong …

The outstanding capacity of aquaporins (AQPs) for mediating highly selective superfast
water transport,,,,,–has inspired recent development of supramolecular monovalent ion …

Channel geometry governs the unitary osmotic water channel permeability, pf, according to
classical hydrodynamics. Yet, pf varies by several orders of magnitude for membrane …

A highly permeable yet highly selective pore-spanning biomimetic membrane embedded
with aquaporin Z is molecularly designed and constructed via a combination of pressure …