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Polymer membranes

Contorted separation

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A thin, porous polymer membrane fabricated using kinked monomers shows high solvent permeance while selectively blocking larger molecules.

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Figure 1: Porous nanofilm membranes.

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  1. Neil B. McKeown is at EastChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK,

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