Global Challenges in Energy and Water Supply: The Promise of Engineered Osmosis

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVFeatureNEXTGlobal Challenges in Energy and Water Supply: The Promise of Engineered OsmosisEngineered processes that cleverly exploit osmosis may provide just the answer to the global need for affordable clean water and inexpensive sustainable energy.Robert L. McGinnis and Menachem ElimelechView Author Information Yale UniversityCite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 23, 8625–8629Publication Date (Web):December 1, 2008Publication History Published online1 December 2008Published inissue 1 December 2008https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es800812mhttps://doi.org/10.1021/es800812mnewsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2008 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views14468Altmetric-Citations256LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (2 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Energy,Membranes,Power,Separation science,Solution chemistry Get e-Alerts