News Brief: International press looks for expertise of PNNL's Devanathan
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Category: ResearchType: News
Source: PNNL
Date: Thursday, April 6th, 2017
Multiple news outlets quote PNNL scientist as an expert in membrane separation
April 06, 2017 
RICHLAND, Wash. - International and national news outlets are quoting a researcher at the D.O.E.'s Pacific Northwest National Lab as they report on a new nano-sieve developed by the University of Manchester in the U.K.
The outlets quoted materials scientist Ram Devanathan as an outside expert not involved in the membrane's development after the journal Nature Nanotechnology invited him to pen a News & Views column on the technology. The sieve is made of the nanomaterial graphene oxide and filters salts from water, turning seawater into clean drinking water.
He's been quoted by several news outlets, including:
Devanathan has extensively studied membranes for selective separation. Through his research, he has advanced fundamental understanding of the transport of protons, small molecules and ions through membranes, including those made with graphene oxide. Devanathan is currently involved in a plan under PNNL's Materials Synthesis and Simulation Across Scales Initiative that uses computational simulations integrated with experiments to scale up graphene oxide membranes for selective water and ion transport.
He is also serving as the acting director of PNNL's earth systems science division. Devanathan is a fellow of the American Ceramic Society and holds a doctorate in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University in Illinois.
Tags: Energy, Fundamental Science, Chemistry, Materials
Interdisciplinary teams at Pacific Northwest National Lab address many of America's most pressing issues in energy, the environment and national security through advances in basic and applied science. Founded in 1965, PNNL employs 4,400 staff and has an yearly budget of nearly $1 billion. It is managed by Battelle for the D.O.E.'s Office of Science. As the single biggest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, the Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information on PNNL, visit the PNNL News Center, or follow PNNL on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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