Researchers discover how water can affect its own filtration – AlKhaleej Today

The sub-nanoporous liquid crystalline water treatment membrane can be very selective about what it lets through. Photo credit: Kato and Harada et al.
Membranes with microscopic pores are suitable for water filtration. The effect of pore size on water filtration is well known, as is the role of ions, charged atoms, that interact with the membrane. For the first time, researchers have successfully described the influence of water molecules on other water molecules and ions as part of the filtrati…

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