NANOPOROUS ADSORBENT MATERIAL FOR REMOVING SPECIES FROM AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

摘要

The invention relates to process for removing ionic species and/or species capable of forming hydrogen bridges from an aqueous mixture wherein at least part of the species are dissolved, in which process an adsorbent material is used that comprises a polymeric network of monomers having two or more polymerizable groups, the monomers being arranged as a smectic liquid crystalline phase, wherein the polymerization of the monomers has locked the smectic liquid crystalline phase into a smectic liquid crystalline network.