Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows.
Catalyst for water – removing steroid hormone micropollutants in flow through photocatalytic membrane!
Story behind the paper: 'Photocatalytic degradation of steroid hormone micropollutants by TiO2-coated polyethersulfone membranes in a continuous flow-through process', scheduled for publication in Nature Nanotechnology on 31 March 2022
Lightening up Topological-Semimetal Photoelectronics at Nanoscale beyond Interband-energy Limit
Topological Dirac semimetal, with its versatile symmetry-breaking operation, provides unprecedented opportunities to explore Dirac fermiology for low-energy spectroscopy beyond early landmarks of interband-engineering optoelectronics.
Achieving high power and energy density thermal storage in phase change materials
In this study, we propose an approach that achieves spatial control of the melt-front location of pure phase change materials using pressure-enhanced close contact melting, enhancing thermal management and storage to support a rapidly-electrifying energy infrastructure.
Polyamide-based membranes with structural homogeneity for ultrafast molecular sieving
Structural homogeneity of polyamide barrer layer can maximize the water permeability without compromising the solute rejection of thin-film composite membranes by minimizing the mass fluctuation, greatly surpassing the permeability-selectivity tradeoff.
