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ReviewMembranes2017

Toward the Fabrication of Advanced Nanofiltration Membranes by Controlling Morphologies and Mesochannel Orientations of Hexagonal Lyotropic Liquid Crystals.

Guang Wang, Christopher J Garvey, Han Zhao, Kang Huang, Lingxue Kong

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Review in Membranes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Nanoporous Polymers Based on Liquid Crystals.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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5 authors.

Guang WangInstitute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong 3220, Australia. guangw@deakin.edu.au.
Christopher J GarveyAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC 2232, Australia. cjg@ansto.gov.au.
Han ZhaoSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No. 193 Tunxi Road, Hefei 230009, China. hanzhao@hfut.edu.cn.
Kang HuangSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No. 193 Tunxi Road, Hefei 230009, China. Hfhuang98@163.com.
Lingxue KongInstitute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong 3220, Australia. lingxue.kong@deakin.edu.au.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water scarcity has been recognized as one of the major threats to human activity, and, therefore, water purification technologies are increasingly drawing attention worldwide. Nanofiltration (NF) membrane technology has been proven to be an efficient and cost-effective way in terms of the size and continuity of the nanostructure. Using a template based on hexagonal lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) and partitioning monomer units within this structure for subsequent photo-polymerisation presents a unique path for the fabrication of NF membranes, potentially producing pores of uniform size, ranging from 1 to 5 nm, and large surface areas. The subsequent orientation of this pore network in a direction normal to a flat polymer film that provides ideal transport properties associated with continuous pores running through the membrane has been achieved by the orientation of hexagonal LLCs through various strategies. This review presents the current progresses on the strategies for structure retention from a hexagonal LLCs template and the up-to-date techniques used for the reorientation of mesochanels for continuity through the whole membrane.

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hexagonal lyotropic liquid crystals (hexagonal LLCs)membranesnanofiltration (NF)reorientationstructure retention

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PMID28753973
PMCPMC5618122

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