Cyclodextrin Films with Fast Solvent Transport and Shape‐Selective Permeability

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 29; no. 26
• Main Authors: Villalobos, Luis Francisco, Huang, Tiefan, Peinemann, Klaus‐Viktor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Cones; Crosslinking; Cyclodextrins; Filtration; Glucose; Holes; interfacial polymerization; Materials science; Membranes; nanofiltration; Permeability; Separation; Solvents; Transport; membranes; cyclodextrins; nanofiltration; interfacial polymerization

This study describes the molecular‐level design of a new type of filtration membrane made of crosslinked cyclodextrins—inexpensive macrocycles of glucose, shaped like hollow truncated cones. The channel‐like cavities of cyclodextrins spawn numerous paths of defined aperture in the separation layer t...