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Why polyamide reverse-osmosis membranes work so well
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Inhomogeneities in membrane thickness and density promote water transport
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“Particularly, PA is the most popular membrane material used in reverse osmosis (79), which is a common water purification method shared by all three brands.”
From Rapid single-particle chemical imaging of nanoplastics by SRS microscopy (2024) · cites this paper as [79]
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Self-citationGas Permeation Properties, Physical Aging, and Its Mitigation in High Free Volume Glassy Polymers
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- J. E. Cadotte, Interfacially synthesized reverse osmosis membrane. U.S. Patent 4277344, FilmTec Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (1981).
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Rapid single-particle chemical imaging of nanoplastics by SRS microscopy
Qian, N., Gao, X., Lang, X., Deng, H., Bratu, T. M., Chen, Q., Stapleton, P., Yan, B., & Min, W. (2024) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2300582121 · Cited by 467
Metadata
- Authors
- Geise, G. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Geise, Geoffrey M.
- ORCID
- Geise, Geoffrey M.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2021-01
- Volume
- 371
- Issue
- 6524
- Pages
- 31-32
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W3116462880
- Cited by
- 133
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 8
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Membrane Separation Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Filtration and Separation › Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
- Keywords
- polyamide membranes, reverse osmosis, membrane density, water transport, membrane permeability
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