Metal-organic Framework (MOF) Membranes - Tech Demo
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
The technology involves the use of metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes, which is a greener and more energy efficient method, given the extremely high surface areas of the crystalline materials.
This new membrane offers an improved and more selective, method of filtration than the traditionally used reverse osmosis membrane, which needs additional pumping to remove contaminants that the porous membranes are not able to catch.
A team of researchers from Monash University in Australia, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), and the University of Texas at Austin have created the first membrane of its kind. Their study which was published in Science Advances is entitled, “Ultrafast selective transport of alkali metal ions in metal-organic frameworks with subnanometer pores,”
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