Fig. 5: Molecular simulations and adsorption experiments.
From: Self-assembled dendrimer polyamide nanofilms with enhanced effective pore area for ion separation
a Representative pore distribution images with respect to a probe with a 1 Å radius for the PA polymer incorporating SADs compared with the pristine PA polymer. The right row shows the probe radius with different colours. b Simulated pore size distributions averaged and relevant pore size range for the four PA systems. Shades of grey sections means the calculated theoretical ion separation area. c, d Simulated porosity and density for the resultant nanofilms. e Adsorption behaviours of NaCl, from 50 ppm to 200 ppm, on the formed nanofilms monitored by QCM as a function of time.
