The research collaboration worked to fix this by engineering sPEEK membranes with intrinsic mono porosity to achieve better ionic conductivity alongside chemical stability. This was achieved by ...

Roughly 1 percent of global energy use goes into separating crude oil into gasoline, diesel, and heating oil. That, in turn, ...

Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the membranes could ultimately reduce production costs ... SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in the ...

Environmental and Architectural Engineering Assistant Professor Anthony Straub with PhD student Duong Nguyen contributing as first author. Straub said his team’s membrane could be used in advanced ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Industry has long relied upon energy-intensive processes, such as distillation and crystallization, to separate molecules that ultimately serve as ingredients in medicine, chemicals ...

Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, ...

Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience Fouling occurs when contaminants accumulate on the membrane’s surface, clogging the pores. When a membrane experiences fouling, higher pressures ...

An assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, Straub’s research focuses on using membranes to improve water ...