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DESALINATION MEMBRANES

Sieving in order

Designing highly ordered and ultrathin nanoporous membranes achieves superior water flux, while maintaining high selectivity for NaCl rejection.

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Fig. 1: Transport mechanism through ultrathin membranes based on 2D materials.
Fig. 2: Synthesis and water transport in a CPF.

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Salameh, C., Voiry, D. Sieving in order. Nat. Mater. 21, 1106–1107 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01351-w

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