PFAS contamination in water is difficult to clean up and can negatively impact aquatic ecosystems. Discover how a new ...

A wavy polymer membrane triples the output of ultrasound-driven triboelectric nanogenerators by channeling vibration into ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A membrane made up of block polymers has the customizable and uniform pore sizes needed for filtering or recovering particular substances from wastewater, researchers say in a ...

A new cross-linking method creates 3-micron membranes with angstrom-scale pores, boosting efficiency in flow batteries by overcoming selectivity-permeability trade-offs. (Nanowerk News) Polymeric ...

A scientist wears a lab coat and gloves and adjusts scientific instrumentation in a laboratory. Researchers have developed a strong ultrathin polymer membrane that totally stops gas molecules from ...

Schematic of UV-W process. (a) Schematic of UV-W process. (b) Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy of the PEI-IIM, PEI-ICM with UV-W process 20 h and 40 h. (c) Ion permeation and selectivity ...

Polymeric membranes are widely used in separation technologies due to their low cost and easily scalable fabrication. However, unlike inorganic nanoporous materials such as metal-organic frameworks ...

Leading a research team that recently received a grant from the US Department of Energy, Michele Galizia, a President’s Associates Presidential Professor in the School of Sustainable Chemical, ...

A breakthrough in interface engineering clears the path for sustainable, high-power hydrogen energy. As the world races ...

Researchers at Bath University have developed a renewable, bio-based polymer membrane that removes toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from water, an advance that could offer a more sustainable approach to ...