About the Open Membrane Database

What is the OMD?

The Open Membrane Database (OMD) is an open-access, crowd-sourced resource with the performance and properties of reverse osmosis (RO) and solvent resistant nanofiltration (SRNF) membranes. The interactive charts and search functions allow easy data exploration and comparison of membrane performance, physicochemical properties and synthesis conditions.

Researchers are encouraged to upload their latest membrane performance results (see Submit a Membrane) to update the OMD with state-of-the-art membrane technologies. Only data published in peer-reviewed journals, patents, or commercial product datasheets is allowed on the database to provide quality control.

Currently, the OMD only contains RO and SRNF membranes. The goal is to later incorporate other membrane-based separations technologies such as forward osmosis (FO), and ion-exchange (IX) to name a few. Please get in contact with us if you would like to contribute to this exciting collaborative effort of sharing and compiling membrane data, or if you have questions or comments!

How to credit the OMD?

If you have used any content of the OMD in your work, please give credit to it by citing the following reference :

For the RO database:

Ritt, C.L., Stassin, T., Davenport, D.M., DuChanois, R.M., Nulens, I., Yang, Z., Ben-Zvi, A., Segev-Mark, N., Elimelech, M., Tang, C.Y., Ramon, G.Z., Vankelecom, I.F.J., Verbeke, R. (2022). The open membrane database: Synthesis–structure–performance relationships of reverse osmosis membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 641, 119927.

For the SRNF database:

Van` Buggenhout, S., Ignacz, G., Caspers, S., Dhondt, R., Lenaerts, M., Lenaerts, N., ... & Verbeke, R. (2024). Open and FAIR data for nanofiltration in organic media: A unified approach. Journal of Membrane Science, 123356.

The Open Membrane Database (OMD) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0