Smart dynamic hybrid membranes with self-cleaning capability

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 5751 - 13
• Main Authors: Pantuso, Elvira, Ahmed, Ejaz, Fontananova, Enrica, Brunetti, Adele, Tahir, Ibrahim, Karothu, Durga Prasad, Alnaji, Nisreen Amer, Dushaq, Ghada, Rasras, Mahmoud, Naumov, Panče, Di Profio, Gianluca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 16.09.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/301/1023/1025; 639/301/923/3931; 639/638/298/303; 639/638/455/303; 639/638/455/957; Chemical cleaning; Clean technology; Crystals; Desalination; Distillation; Distilled water; Dynamic stability; Ecological footprint; Energy costs; Energy efficiency; Fouling; Gating; Humanities and Social Sciences; Mass transfer; Mechanical analysis; Membranes; multidisciplinary; Organic crystals; Polymers; Room temperature; Saline water; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seawater; Separation; Separation processes; Surface layers; Water scarcity

The growing freshwater scarcity has caused increased use of membrane desalination of seawater as a relatively sustainable technology that promises to provide long-term solution for the increasingly water-stressed world. However, the currently used membranes for desalination on an industrial scale ar...