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Biomimetic aquaporin membranes coming of age

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The essentials of aquaporin protein function are summarized, the latest progress in this fascinating area of membrane research and development is reviewed and two main approaches have been suggested based on planar membranes and vesicles respectively.
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This article is published in Desalination.The article was published on 2015-07-15. It has received 143 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Membrane & Aquaporin.

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Sustainable technologies for water purification from heavy metals: review and analysis

TL;DR: The current state-of-the-art of available technologies for water purification are reviewed and their field of application for heavy metal ion removal is discussed, as heavy metal ions are the most harmful and widespread contaminants.
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Recent advances in nanomaterials for water protection and monitoring.

TL;DR: An exhaustive examination of current research trends with a focus on nanomaterials (NMs) to considerably improve the performance of classical wastewater treatment technologies, e.g. adsorption, catalysis, separation, and disinfection is undertaken.
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Role of Nanomaterials in the Treatment of Wastewater: A Review

TL;DR: In this paper, a review article describes various applications of nanomaterials in removing different types of impurities from polluted water, which carried huge potential to treat polluted water (containing metal toxin substance, different organic and inorganic impurities) very effectively due to their unique properties like greater surface area, able to work at low concentration, etc.
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Chemistry and fabrication of polymeric nanofiltration membranes: A review

TL;DR: In this article, a review article describes research on different methods for manufacturing polymeric NF membranes, including the composite structure, monomeric and polymeric reactants employed to endow specific characteristics, and additives used to influence the reaction.
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Water conduction through the hydrophobic channel of a carbon nanotube

TL;DR: Observations suggest that carbon nanotubes, with their rigid nonpolar structures, might be exploited as unique molecular channels for water and protons, with the channel occupancy and conductivity tunable by changes in the local channel polarity and solvent conditions.
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Fast Mass Transport Through Sub-2-Nanometer Carbon Nanotubes

TL;DR: Gas and water flow measurements through microfabricated membranes in which aligned carbon nanotubes with diameters of less than 2 nanometers serve as pores enable fundamental studies of mass transport in confined environments, as well as more energy-efficient nanoscale filtration.
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Appearance of water channels in Xenopus oocytes expressing red cell CHIP28 protein.

TL;DR: Oocytes from Xenopus laevis microinjected with in vitro-transcribed CHIP28 RNA exhibited increased osmotic water permeability; this was reversibly inhibited by mercuric chloride, a known inhibitor of water channels, so it is likely that ChIP28 is a functional unit of membrane water channels.
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Self-assembled organic monolayers: model systems for studying adsorption of proteins at surfaces

TL;DR: Self-assembled monolayers of omega-functionalized long-chain alkanethiolates on gold films are excellent model systems with which to study the interactions of proteins with organic surfaces and the ability to create interfaces with similar structures and well-defined compositions should make it possible to test hypotheses concerning protein adsorption.
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