Membrane desalination is a promising technology for addressing the global challenge of
water scarcity by augmenting fresh water supply. Continuous progress in this technology …

Liquid crystals have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of
various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline …

Separating molecules or ions with sub-Angstrom scale precision is important but technically
challenging. Achieving such a precise separation using membranes requires Angstrom …

The successful implementation of thin-film composite membranes (TFCM) for challenging
solute-solute separations in the pharmaceutical industry requires a fine control over the …

Synthetic polymer membranes are enabling components in key technologies at the water–
energy nexus, including desalination and energy conversion, because of their high …

The development of interfacial polymerization (IP) technique has revolutionarily changed
our methods for water treatment and desalination. Over decades, researchers have devoted …

Synthetic membranes featuring confined nanostructures have emerged as a prominent
category of leading materials that can selectively separate target ions from complex water …

Reliable and equitable access to safe drinking water is a major and growing challenge
worldwide. Membrane separations represent one of the most promising strategies for the …

With the continuous pressure of water contamination caused by textile industry, loose
nanofiltration (LNF) membranes prepared by green materials with an extraordinary water …

Stretchable ionic conductors are appealing for tissue‐like soft electronics, yet suffer from a
tardy mechanoelectric response due to their poor modulation of ionic conduction arising …