Innovative design of smart organic materials is of great importance for the advancement of
modern technology. Macrocycle hosts, possessing cyclic skeletons, intrinsic cavities, and …

Membranes have been extensively studied and applied in various fields owing to their high
energy efficiency and small environmental impact. Further conferring membranes with …

Nanopores and nanochannels are ubiquitous, from biological systems to various artificial
materials. Taking advantage of size confinement and tailoring the interior components …

Small molecules and ions pass through molecular separation membranes with channels at
the nanometer scale. These nanochannel membranes are playing an increasingly important …

Smart polymeric materials with dynamically tunable physico‐chemical characteristics in
response to changes of environmental stimuli, have received considerable attention in …

Membranes are playing paramount roles in the sustainable development of myriad fields
such as energy, environmental and resource management, and human health. However, the …

Polymer membranes have been used extensively for Angstrom-scale separation of solutes
and molecules. However, the pore size of most polymer membranes has been considered …

Lithium extraction via membrane-based technologies from salt-lake brines has become an
exciting research direction. However, the lithium extraction efficiency is drastically affected …

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with an exceptionally large pore volume and inner
surface area are perfect materials for loading with intelligent guest molecules. First, an …

Acid recycling via cation exchange membranes (CEMs) has attracted considerable attention
from traditional industries and advanced manufacturing because of the economic and …