The potential of calixarenes for membrane separation

This short review aims to introduce the uniqueness, advantages, and recent progress in using calixarenes for membrane modifications and separations. This type of unique nano-porous materials may provide great prospects for next-generation membrane modifications and development. • Introduction of uniqueness of calixarene incorporated membranes for water reuses. • Summary of recent progress of calixarene embedded membrane for gas separations. • Elucidation of infiltration process for calixarene incorporated membranes. • Perspectives of calixarene embedded membranes for molecular separations.