Interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranes
Zeolite crystal with porous structure is predicted to be a good membrane material for water purification, but experiments show water uptake orders of magnitude smaller than the theory. Here, Fasano et al. attribute this disagreement to the additional diffusion resistance induced by surface defects.
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| author | Matteo Fasano Thomas Humplik Alessio Bevilacqua Michael Tsapatsis Eliodoro Chiavazzo Evelyn N. Wang Pietro Asinari |
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| description | Zeolite crystal with porous structure is predicted to be a good membrane material for water purification, but experiments show water uptake orders of magnitude smaller than the theory. Here, Fasano et al. attribute this disagreement to the additional diffusion resistance induced by surface defects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d21e9969a9647abbac25a12ba556b062022-12-21T19:32:57ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-10-01711810.1038/ncomms12762Interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranesMatteo Fasano0Thomas Humplik1Alessio Bevilacqua2Michael Tsapatsis3Eliodoro Chiavazzo4Evelyn N. Wang5Pietro Asinari6Department of Energy, Politecnico di TorinoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Energy, Politecnico di TorinoDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of MinnesotaDepartment of Energy, Politecnico di TorinoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Energy, Politecnico di TorinoZeolite crystal with porous structure is predicted to be a good membrane material for water purification, but experiments show water uptake orders of magnitude smaller than the theory. Here, Fasano et al. attribute this disagreement to the additional diffusion resistance induced by surface defects.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12762 |
| spellingShingle | Matteo Fasano Thomas Humplik Alessio Bevilacqua Michael Tsapatsis Eliodoro Chiavazzo Evelyn N. Wang Pietro Asinari Interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranes Nature Communications |
| title | Interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranes |
| title_full | Interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranes |
| title_fullStr | Interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranes |
| title_short | Interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranes |
| title_sort | interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranes |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12762 |
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