Bioinspired hierarchical porous membrane for efficient uranium extraction from seawater (IMAGE)

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Bioinspired hierarchical porous membrane for efficient uranium extraction from seawater

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a. Hierarchical networks of blood vessels in living organisms; b. Branched tube-based model inspired by the mammalian circulatory system; c. Schematic illustration of bioinspired hierarchical porous membrane. It contains pores with sizes on three different scales; d. Working principle of hierarchical porous membrane for uranium adsorption.

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Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry

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