Membrane desalination is a promising technology for addressing the global challenge of
water scarcity by augmenting fresh water supply. Continuous progress in this technology …

Composite separation membranes are essential in the fields of water treatment, mass
concentration, purification, solvent exchange, gas separation, energy storage and …

Sufficient and clean freshwater is still out of reach for billions of people around the world.
Solar desalination from brine is regarded as one of the most promising proposals to solve …

The potential of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for molecular separations remains
unrealized because of challenges transforming nanoscale COF materials into large-area …

Membrane technology has been widely used in the wastewater treatment and seawater
desalination. In recent years, the reverse osmosis (RO) membrane represented by …

Nanofiltration (NF) membranes with high permeability and selectivity are urgently needed to
reduce energy consumption and improve separation efficiency in desalination and …

Polymeric membranes with increasingly high permselective performances are gaining a
significant role in lowering the energy burden and improving the environmental …

Micro-porous organic polymers have garnered tremendous interest in membrane design
because of their high nanoscale porosity, superior polymer affinity and chemical stability. In …

The use of forward osmosis (FO) for water purification purposes has gained extensive
attention in recent years. In this review, we first discuss the advantages, challenges and …

While polyamide (PA) membranes are widespread in water purification and desalination by
reverse osmosis, a molecular-level understanding of the dynamics of both confined water …