Advancements in nanoenabled membrane distillation for a sustainable water‐energy‐environment nexus

MU Farid, JA Kharraz, J Sun, MW Boey… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of nano innovations in membrane distillation (MD) has garnered increasing
scientific interest. This enables the exploration of state‐of‐the‐art nano‐enabled MD …

Recent advances in two-dimensional-material-based sensing technology toward health and environmental monitoring applications

D Tyagi, H Wang, W Huang, L Hu, Y Tang, Z Guo… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Monitoring harmful and toxic chemicals, gases, microorganisms, and radiation has been a
challenge to the scientific community for the betterment of human health and environment …

Ultrahigh-flux water nanopumps generated by asymmetric terahertz absorption

QL Zhang, T Zhou, C Chang, SY Gu, YJ Wang, Q Liu… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Controlling active transport of water through membrane channels is essential for advanced
nanofluidic devices. Despite advancements in water nanopump design using techniques …

Pulsed hydraulic-pressure-responsive self-cleaning membrane

Y Zhao, Y Gu, B Liu, Y Yan, C Shan, J Guo, S Zhang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Pressure-driven membranes is a widely used separation technology in a range of industries,
such as water purification, bioprocessing, food processing and chemical production …

Semiconductor photothermal materials enabling efficient solar steam generation toward desalination and wastewater treatment

I Ibrahim, DH Seo, AM McDonagh, HK Shon, L Ti**g - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Water scarcity issues around the world have renewed interest in the use of solar water
evaporation as a means of providing fresh water. Advances in photothermal materials and …

Rewards, risks and responsible deployment of artificial intelligence in water systems

CE Richards, A Tzachor, S Avin, R Fenner - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly proposed to address deficiencies across water
systems, which currently leave about 25% of the global population without clean water …

Membrane modification with carbon nanomaterials for fouling mitigation: A review

DI Petukhov, DJ Johnson - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in membrane
modification for fouling mitigation in various water treatment processes, employing carbon …

A super liquid-repellent hierarchical porous membrane for enhanced membrane distillation

Y Hou, P Shah, V Constantoudis, E Gogolides… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging desalination technology that exploits phase
change to separate water vapor from saline based on low-grade energy. As MD membranes …

Bidirectional All‐Optical Synapses Based on a 2D Bi2O2Se/Graphene Hybrid Structure for Multifunctional Optoelectronics

CM Yang, TC Chen, D Verma, LJ Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Neuromorphic computing has been extensively studied to mimic the brain functions of
perception, learning, and memory because it may overcome the von Neumann bottleneck …

Photothermal membrane distillation toward solar water production

M Gao, CK Peh, FL Meng, GW Ho - Small Methods, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater production is one of the biggest global challenges today. Though desalination
can provide a climate‐independent source of clean water, the process requires a high …