Novel inkjet-printed organic solvent nanofiltration membranes

制药业是澳大利亚增长最快的行业之一。制造医药产品需要使用危险和昂贵的有机溶剂，这些有机溶剂对环境有毒，而且由于所需的能源密集型热处理过程，回收成本高昂。该项目旨在利用工业可扩展的喷墨打印工艺，发现并制造一种新型、低成本、化学坚固耐用的纳米材料基膜。该膜将耐有机溶剂，同时以最小的环境足迹有效地回收有价值的和危险的有机溶剂。它将有效地为澳大利亚制药业的未来发展做好准备，同时还将在全球范围内应用。

The pharmaceutical industry is one of fastest growing industries in Australia. Manufacturing pharmaceutical products requires the use of hazardous and expensive organic solvents, which are toxic for the environment and expensive to recover due to the energy intensive thermal process required. This project aims to discover and manufacture a novel, low-cost, chemically robust nanomaterial-based membrane using an industry scalable inkjet printing process. The membrane will be resistant to organic solvents while efficiently recovering valuable and hazardous organic solvents with minimum environmental footprint. It will effectively provide for the future growth of the Australian pharmaceutical industry while also having global applications.