Desalination-of water by vapor-phase transport through hydrophobic nanopores

We propose a new approach to desalination of water whereby a pressure difference across a vapor-trapping nanopore induces selective transport of water by isothermal evaporation and condensation across the pore. Transport of water through a nanopore with saline water on one side and pure water on the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lee, Jongho, Karnik, Rohit
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics (AIP) 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78853
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0588-9286