These types of membranes are used in water treatment facilities, semiconductor manufacturing sites and within the food and beverage industry.

This focus area’s projects employ life-cycle assessment, techno-economic analyses and risk analyses to ensure our nation’s water sustainability.

In this area, Argonne is developing affordable chemical and biological sensors that monitor water quality in polluted areas and control methods for water-related processes such as fouling of surfaces.

This focus area involves developing functional groups, sorbents, membranes and catalysts for selective separation of various contaminants from water.

Projects in this area focus on developing accurate and efficient physics-based models, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) algorithms and simulation software to advance the study of water and aqueous solutions.

Argonne’s water-related materials projects focus on developing and characterizing various materials such as membranes, sorbents and catalysts relevant to water monitoring, treatment, conveyance and reuse, and water-enabled energy production.