In search of a better way to desalinate water, a Yale-led team of researchers has turned to swimsuit material for inspiration.
Reverse osmosis, which uses membranes to remove unwanted salts, has been the gold standard for desalination and wastewater reuse. The challenge that scientists have run into, however, is that the material that best filters out impurities — polyamide — is highly susceptible to chlorine. Although chlorine is typically useful in cleaning membranes, it can degrade membranes made from polyamide.Scientists at Yale and Nanjing University of Science and Technology have created a chlorine-resistant membrane that could significantly advance the field to
