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Students from Miao Yu's lab. Credit: Onion Studio.

Students from Miao Yu's lab. Credit: Onion Studio.

Students from Miao Yu's lab are helping to develop cost-effective, solvent- and heat-resistant membranes for industrial use. Credit: Onion Studio.

UB engineers awarded $3 million to create new industrial membranes

_{Release Date: November 20, 2024}

To create ingredients used in medicine, food, chemicals and other products, industry regularly uses energy-intensive processes, such as distillation and crystallization... With rising energy costs and concerns about climate change-inducing greenhouse gases, industry is working to supplant these processes with lower-cost and eco-friendly alternatives.

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