title: Self-organized liquid-crystalline nanostructured membranes for water treatment: selective permeation of ions.
abstract: A membrane with ordered 3D ionic nanochannels constructed by in situ photopolymerization of a thermotropic liquid-crystalline monomer shows high filtration performance and ion selectivity. The nanostructured membrane exhibits water-treatment performance superior to that of an amorphous membrane prepared from the isotropic melt of the monomer. Self-organized nanostructured membranes have great potential for supplying high-quality water.
authors.affiliation: Toray Industries, Inc., Sonoyama, Otsu, Shiga, Japan. Masahiro_Henmi@nts.toray.co.jp
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henmi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakatsuji
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomioka
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshio
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D005374:Filtration; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry*; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D018508:Water Purification
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D008567:Membranes, Artificial