News Finding: "There are endless potential additives to choose from to tailor a membrane to the application of interest."
Paper Finding: This demonstration showed that liquid membranes can effectively prevent the passage of flying fruit flies ( Fig.
News Context: This newly developed membrane does the same, but unlike conventional filters, this one does not distinguish objects by size. "There are endless potential additives to choose from to tailor a membrane to the application of interest." Looking ahead, the researchers envision any number of creative, real-world applications for the membrane.
Paper Context: In this example, micro-/nanoscopic particles and contaminates (for example, pollen), as well as certain slow-moving, disease-carrying insects (for example, mosquitoes and gnats) would not pass through the liquid membrane ( Fig. This demonstration showed that liquid membranes can effectively prevent the passage of flying fruit flies ( Fig. Potential applications II: Self-cleaning, nonfouling membrane for continuous particle separation In addition to the unique size selectivity of liquid membranes, their mobile liquid interface offers unique capabilities that cannot be readily accomplished by any conventional synthetic membranes, including inmembrane object maneuverability ( Fig.