Source: Science Daily
As populations boom and chronic droughts persist, coastal cities like Carlsbad in Southern California have increasingly turned to ocean desalination to supplement a dwindling fresh water supply. Now scientists investigating how to make desalination less expensive have hit on promising design rules for making so-called ‘thermally responsive’ ionic liquids to separate water from salt.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190731102133.htm