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Success in developing high-performance, multifunctional reverse osmosis membrane using Nano composite membrane made from carbon nanotube and polyamide

Carbon nanotube (CNT) entanglement technology developed at Shinshu University was combined with conventional thin-film formation technology to devise a new nanocomposite film formation technology that was then used to develop an RO membrane with a polyamide composite membrane made up of highly concentrated and entangled multiwalled (MW) CNT. This had previously proved impossible to achieve by more conventional methods.
The MWCNT-PA nanocomposite membrane shows not only improved water permeability, but also outstanding
antifouling and chlorine resistance.
The results of this research have been published in Nature's Scientific Reports online journal.