Reverse osmosis is a common process in desalination and a key technology for ensuring water supply in regions of acute water scarcity. In this process a polymeric membrane separating two water reservoirs, one salty and the other with fresh water, is used as a filter. Salty water is forced to pass under pressure through the polymeric membrane that only allow the pass of the water molecule and the water will flow in the opposite direction to osmosis. This project will allow us start to develop our research in a new key research area for water purification. Additionally we can train students using very unconventional experimental technique like voltage-clamp in the membrane separation field.
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