Lin Lin’s paper entitled “Investigating the void structure of the polyamide active layers of thin-film composite membranes” is published in the Journal of Membrane Science. For ~30 years, the active layer of TFC membranes has been conceptualized as a dense, nonporous film. This study showed that ~15-40% of the active layer volume is occupied by pores disconnected from the feed side which markedly changes the understanding of solute and water transport through TFC membranes. This paper can be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.09.020 (Journal of Membrane Science, 2016, 497, 365-376).
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