{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Gan B"],"funding":["Innovation and Technology Commission (ITF)","Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (RGC, UGC)","University of Hong Kong (HKU)"],"pagination":["8656"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11455960"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Nanofiltration (NF) membranes are commonly supplied in spiral-wound modules, resulting in numerous drawbacks for practical applications (e.g., high operating pressure/pressure drop/costs). Vacuum-driven NF could be a promising and low-cost alternative by utilizing simple components and operating under an ultra-low vacuum pressure (<1 bar). Nevertheless, existing commercial membranes are incapable of achieving practically relevant water flux in such a system. Herein, we fabricated a silk-based membrane with a crumpled and defect-free rejection layer, showing water permeance of 96.2 ± 10 L m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> bar<sup>-1</sup> and a Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> rejection of 96.0 ± 0.6% under cross-flow filtration mode. In a vacuum-driven system, the membrane demonstrates a water flu"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Ultra-permeable silk-based polymeric membranes for vacuum-driven nanofiltration."],"pmcid":["PMC11455960"],"funding_grant_id":["URC Small Equipment Fund 102010138","GRF 17201921","ITS/249/20","GHP/181/20GD","Seed Funding for Strategies Interdisciplinary Research Scheme 102010174","SRFS2021-7S04"],"pubmed_authors":["Gan B","Peng LE","Yang Z","Wang LA","Guo H","Long L","Zhang L","Song X","Tang CY","Liu W"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Ultra-permeable silk-based polymeric membranes for vacuum-driven nanofiltration.","description":"Nanofiltration (NF) membranes are commonly supplied in spiral-wound modules, resulting in numerous drawbacks for practical applications (e.g., high operating pressure/pressure drop/costs). Vacuum-driven NF could be a promising and low-cost alternative by utilizing simple components and operating under an ultra-low vacuum pressure (<1 bar). Nevertheless, existing commercial membranes are incapable of achieving practically relevant water flux in such a system. Herein, we fabricated a silk-based membrane with a crumpled and defect-free rejection layer, showing water permeance of 96.2 ± 10 L m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> bar<sup>-1</sup> and a Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> rejection of 96.0 ± 0.6% under cross-flow filtration mode. In a vacuum-driven system, the membrane demonstrates a water flu","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Oct","modification":"2025-04-26T08:48:34.987Z","creation":"2025-04-06T12:48:40.784Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11455960","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39368977"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-024-53042-6"]}}