{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(26)"],"submitter":["Wang Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["This study leverages the ancient craft of weaving to prepare membranes that can effectively treat oil/water mixtures, specifically challenging nanoemulsions. Drawing inspiration from the core-shell architecture of spider silk, we have engineered fibers, the fundamental building blocks for weaving membranes, that feature a mechanically robust core for tight weaving, coupled with a CO<sub>2</sub>-responsive shell that allows for on-demand wettability adjustments. Tightly weaving these fibers produces membranes with ideal pores, achieving over 99.6% separation efficiency for nanoemulsions with droplets as small as 20 nm. They offer high flux rates, on-demand self-cleaning, and can switch between sieving oil and water nanodroplets through simple CO<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> stimulation. Moreov"],"journal":["Science advances"],"pagination":["eadn3289"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11204282"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Scalable weaving of resilient membranes with on-demand superwettability for high-performance nanoemulsion separations."],"pmcid":["PMC11204282"],"pubmed_authors":["Villalobos LF","Li J","Dong L","Zhu B","Chen C","Bai Y","An QF","Zhao Y","Elimelech M","Liang L","Wang Y","Zhang C","Meng H"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Scalable weaving of resilient membranes with on-demand superwettability for high-performance nanoemulsion separations.","description":"This study leverages the ancient craft of weaving to prepare membranes that can effectively treat oil/water mixtures, specifically challenging nanoemulsions. Drawing inspiration from the core-shell architecture of spider silk, we have engineered fibers, the fundamental building blocks for weaving membranes, that feature a mechanically robust core for tight weaving, coupled with a CO<sub>2</sub>-responsive shell that allows for on-demand wettability adjustments. Tightly weaving these fibers produces membranes with ideal pores, achieving over 99.6% separation efficiency for nanoemulsions with droplets as small as 20 nm. They offer high flux rates, on-demand self-cleaning, and can switch between sieving oil and water nanodroplets through simple CO<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> stimulation. Moreov","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jun","modification":"2025-06-01T01:40:07.391Z","creation":"2025-06-01T01:40:07.391Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11204282","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38924410"],"doi":["10.1126/sciadv.adn3289"]}}