Microporous membranes were designed from the loose packing of two-dimensional polymer chains — a breakthrough giving both ultrahigh permeability and good selectivity for gas separations.
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Yin, Y., Guiver, M. Ultrapermeable membranes. Nature Mater 16, 880–881 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4961
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