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A new type of artificial water channels

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Desalination membranes based on the water transport through transient channels shows a new way to achieve high permeability and selectivity

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Fig. 1: Mimicking nature’s water membrane channels.

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  1. Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA

    Aleksandr Noy

  2. School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, USA

    Aleksandr Noy

  3. Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

    Meni Wanunu

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Noy, A., Wanunu, M. A new type of artificial water channels. Nat. Nanotechnol. 15, 9–10 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0617-5

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