Critical mineral separations: opportunities for membrane materials and processes to advance sustainable economies and secure supplies

L Lair, JA Ouimet, M Dougher… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Sustainable energy solutions and electrification are driving increased demand for critical
minerals. Unfortunately, current mineral processing techniques are resource intensive, use …

Optimal diafiltration membrane cascades enable green recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries

NP Wamble, EA Eugene, WA Phillip… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Novel processes are urgently needed to recycle critical materials (eg, cobalt, lithium, nickel,
and manganese) from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). These separations are vital both to …

When physics-informed data analytics outperforms black-box machine learning: A case study in thickness control for additive manufacturing

K Wang, M Zeng, J Wang, W Shang, Y Zhang… - Digital Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aerosol jet printing (AJP) has emerged as a promising noncontact additive manufacturing
method for high-resolution printing for a wide range of material systems. A key challenge …

Measure this, not that: Optimizing the cost and model-based information content of measurements

J Wang, Z Peng, R Hughes, D Bhattacharyya… - Computers & Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Model-based design of experiments (MBDoE) is a powerful framework for selecting
and calibrating science-based mathematical models from data. This work extends popular …

Designing Phenolphthalein-Based Adsorptive Membranes for the High-Affinity, High-Capacity Capture of Contaminants from Water

S Zhong, T Wang, J Xu, Y Su, JR Hoffman… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The selective removal of solutes is crucial for ensuring a sustainable water supply,
recovering resources, and cost-effective biomanufacturing. Adsorptive membranes are …

Device for the acquisition of dynamic data enables the rapid characterization of polymer membranes

ZW Muetzel, JA Ouimet, WA Phillip - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Creating systems and techniques capable of reducing the time, energy, and resources
needed to characterize the transport properties of polymer membranes can help to increase …

Optimization of Reactive Ink Formulation for Controlled Additive Manufacturing of Copolymer Membrane Functionalization

X Liu, JA Ouimet, JR Hoffman, J Xu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Multifunctional, nanostructured membranes hold immense promise for overcoming
permeability–selectivity trade-offs and enhancing membrane durability in challenging …

Staged diafiltration cascades provide opportunities to execute highly selective separations

CP Kilmartin, JA Ouimet, AW Dowling… - Industrial & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Improved solute selectivity, an issue commonly approached through the development of
advanced membrane materials, can be achieved through staged diafiltration processes. A …

Membrane characterization with model-based design of experiments

X Liu, J Wang, JA Ouimet, WA Phillip… - Computer Aided Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane characterization provides essential information for the scale-up, design, and
optimization of new separation systems. We recently proposed the diafiltration apparatus for …

[HTML][HTML] Automated membrane characterization: In-situ monitoring of the permeate and retentate solutions using a 3D printed permeate probe device

JA Ouimet, F Al-Badani, X Liu, L Lair… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
Self-driving laboratories and automated experiments can accelerate the design workflow
and decrease errors associated with experiments that characterize membrane transport …