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Burke D. W., Jiang, Z., Livingston A. G., Dichtel W. R. Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework Membranes for Liquid-Phase Molecular Separations: State of the Field, Common Pitfalls, and Future Opportunities. Adv Mater 36, 2300525 (2024).
Livingston, A.G. & Jiang, Z. Proteins tailor pore geometry. Nat Mater 19, 257–258 (2020).

Adam Oxley, Chunchun Ye, Seok Ju Han, Guoke Zhao, Yihao Guo, Xin Shi, Jie Liu, Keenan Smith, Mona Sarter, Lakshmeesha Upadhyaya, Shanshan Hong, Vasilios G. Samaras, Qin Qian, Yanan Liu, Gary S. Nichol, Yiqun Liu, Suzana P. Nunes, Fabrizia Foglia, Jianwen Jiang, Anqi Wang, Neil B. McKeown*, Andrew G. Livingston* and Zhiwei Jiang*. Ultrathin polymer membranes with locked intrinsic microporosity for hydrocarbon fractionation. Science 392,1268-1273 (2026).

Jiang, Z., Dong, R., Evans, A.M., Biere, N., Ebrahim, M.A., Li, S., Anselmetti, D., Dichtel W.R., Livingston, A.G. Aligned macrocycle pores in ultrathin films for accurate molecular sieving. Nature 609, 58–64 (2022).
Li, S., Dong, R., Musteata, V., Kim, J., Rangnekar, N.D., Johnson, J.R., Marshall, B.D., Chisca, S., Xu, J., Hoy, S., McCool, B.A., Nunes, S.P., Jiang, Z.*, Livingston, A.G.* Hydrophobic polyamide nanofilms provide rapid transport for crude oil separation. Science 377, 1555–1561 (2022). (*Corresponding author)
He, A.†, Jiang, Z.†, Wu, Y., Hussain, H., Rawle J., Briggs M.E., Little M.A., Livingston, A.G. & Cooper, A.I. A smart and responsive crystalline porous organic cage membrane with switchable pore apertures for graded molecular sieving. Nat Mater 21, 463–470 (2022). (†Co-first author)

Jiang, Z., Karan, S. & Livingston, A.G. Membrane Fouling: Does Microscale Roughness Matter? Ind Eng Chem Res 59, 5424–5431 (2020).
Corcos, A.R., Levato, G.A., Jiang, Z., Evans, A.M., Livingston, A.G., Mariñas, B.J. & Dichtel, W.R. Reducing the Pore Size of Covalent Organic Frameworks in Thin-Film Composite Membranes Enhances Solute Rejection. Acs Mater Lett 1, 440–446 (2019).
Jiang, Z., Karan, S. & Livingston, A.G. Water Transport through Ultrathin Polyamide Nanofilms Used for Reverse Osmosis. Adv Mater 30 (2018).
Foglia, F., Karan, S., Nania, M., Jiang, Z., Porter, A.E., Barker, R., Livingston, A.G. & Cabral, J.T. Neutron Reflectivity and Performance of Polyamide Nanofilms for Water Desalination. Adv Funct Mater 27 (2017).
Karan, S., Jiang, Z. & Livingston, A.G. Sub-10 nm polyamide nanofilms with ultrafast solvent transport for molecular separation. Science 348, 1347–1351 (2015).