The coming of age of water channels for separation membranes: from biological to biomimetic to synthetic

YJ Lim, K Goh, R Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Water channels are one of the key pillars driving the development of next-generation
desalination and water treatment membranes. Over the past two decades, the rise of …

Ion–ion selectivity of synthetic membranes with confined nanostructures

K Liu, R Epsztein, S Lin, J Qu, M Sun - ACS nano, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Synthetic membranes featuring confined nanostructures have emerged as a prominent
category of leading materials that can selectively separate target ions from complex water …

Fluorine‐Rich Supramolecular Nano‐Container Crosslinked Hydrogel for Lithium Extraction with Super‐High Capacity and Extreme Selectivity

L Yang, Y Tu, H Li, W Zhan, H Hu, Y Wei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Extraction and recovery of lithium from reserves play a critical role in the sustainable
development of energy due to the explosive growth of the lithium‐battery market. However …

Bioinspired Ti3C2Tx MXene‐Based Ionic Diode Membrane for High‐Efficient Osmotic Energy Conversion

L Ding, M Zheng, D **ao, Z Zhao, J Xue… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired asymmetric nanofluidic ion channels with ionic diode behavior that can boost
the osmotic energy (so‐called blue energy) conversion are highly desirable, especially if …

Charged nanochannels in covalent organic framework membranes enabling efficient ion exclusion

X You, L Cao, Y Liu, H Wu, R Li, Q **ao, J Yuan… - ACS …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Controllable ion transport through nanochannels is crucial for biological and artificial
membrane systems. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with regular and tunable …

A fast and reversible responsive bionic transmembrane nanochannel for dynamic single-cell quantification of glutathione

YL Liu, SY Yu, R An, Y Miao, D Jiang, D Ye, JJ Xu… - ACS …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Biological channels can rapidly and continuously modulate ion transport behaviors in
response to external stimuli, which play essential roles in manipulating physiological and …

Roles of anion–cation coupling transport and dehydration-induced ion–membrane interaction in precise separation of ions by nanofiltration membranes

X Zhai, YL Wang, R Dai, X Li… - Environmental Science & …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes are playing increasingly crucial roles in addressing
emerging environmental challenges by precise separation, yet understanding of the …

Advancing ion separation: Covalent-organic-framework membranes for sustainable energy and water applications

W **an, D Wu, Z Lai, S Wang, Q Sun - Accounts of Chemical …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus Membranes are pivotal in a myriad of energy production processes and modern
separation techniques. They are essential in devices for energy generation, facilities for …

Switchable Na+ and K+ selectivity in an amino acid functionalized 2D covalent organic framework membrane

L Cao, IC Chen, Z Li, X Liu, M Mubashir… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Biological cell membranes can efficiently switch Na+/K+ selectivity in response to external
stimuli, but achieving analogous functions in a single artificial membrane is challenging …

Construction of high accuracy machine learning interatomic potential for surface/interface of nanomaterials—A review

K Wan, J He, X Shi - Advanced Materials, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The inherent discontinuity and unique dimensional attributes of nanomaterial surfaces and
interfaces bestow them with various exceptional properties. These properties, however, also …