A scalable method to fabricate high-performance biomimetic membranes for seawater desalination: incorporating pillar[5]arene water nanochannels into the polyamide selective layer

• Main Authors: Lim, Yu Jie, Lai, Gwo Sung, Zhao, Yali, Ma, Yunqiao, Torres, Jaume, Wang, Rong
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Water Nanochannels; Biomimetic Membrane
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163514
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this work, we explored the practicability of a nanochannel-based biomimetic membrane (NBM) incorporating pillar[5]arene water channels for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination. Two classes of peptide-attached biomimetic channels, (pR)-pillar[5]arenes (pRPH) and (pS)-pillar[5]arenes (pSPH)...