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While watching the production of porous membranes used for DNA sorting and sequencing, University of Illinois researchers wondered how steplike defects formed during fabrication could be used to improve molecule transport. They found that the defects – formed by overlapping layers of membrane – make a big difference in how molecules move along a membrane surface.
