Next-generation ultrafiltration membranes: A review of material design, properties, recent progress, and challenges

I Kammakakam, Z Lai - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane technology utilizing ultrafiltration (UF) processes has emerged as the most
widely used and cost-effective simple process in many industrial applications. The industries …

Polymer-matrix nanocomposite membranes for water treatment

J Yin, B Deng - Journal of membrane science, 2015 - Elsevier
One of the grand challenges to sustain the modern society is to secure adequate water
resources of desirable quality for various designated uses. To address this challenge …

Antifouling, fouling release and antimicrobial materials for surface modification of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes

RR Choudhury, JM Gohil, S Mohanty… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane fouling, which arises from the nonspecific interaction between the membrane
surface and foulants, significantly impedes the efficient application of membrane technology …

TiO2 nanocomposite based polymeric membranes: a review on performance improvement for various applications in chemical engineering processes

E Bet-Moushoul, Y Mansourpanah, K Farhadi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recently, there have been considerable progresses in the development of membrane
materials for various purposes, which in turn has increased the demand for new membranes …

Environmental applications of interfacial materials with special wettability

Z Wang, M Elimelech, S Lin - Environmental science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Interfacial materials with special wettability have become a burgeoning research area in
materials science in the past decade. The unique surface properties of materials and …

TiO2 embedded mixed matrix PES nanocomposite membranes: Influence of different sizes and types of nanoparticles on antifouling and performance

V Vatanpour, SS Madaeni, AR Khataee, E Salehi… - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
Three different types of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (P25, PC105 and PC500) with
various sizes were applied for the preparation of mixed matrix polyethersulfone …

Advanced polymeric nanocomposite membranes for water and wastewater treatment: a comprehensive review

A Sahu, R Dosi, C Kwiatkowski, S Schmal, JC Poler - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials have been extensively used in polymer nanocomposite membranes due to
the inclusion of unique features that enhance water and wastewater treatment performance …

High-flux, antibacterial composite membranes via polydopamine-assisted PEI-TiO2/Ag modification for dye removal

J Li, S Yuan, J Zhu, B Van der Bruggen - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of engineered nanomaterials in membrane design has proved promising to
enhance the membrane separation performance and confer additional specific …

Antimicrobial surfaces: a review of synthetic approaches, applicability and outlook

U Mahanta, M Khandelwal, AS Deshpande - Journal of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
The rapid spread of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses can be extremely
detrimental and can lead to seasonal epidemics or even pandemic situations. In addition …

[HTML][HTML] TiO2-based catalysts for photocatalytic reduction of aqueous oxyanions: State-of-the-art and future prospects

X Zhao, G Zhang, Z Zhang - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, an increasing discharge of oxyanions to the natural environment has been
attracting worldwide attention. TiO 2-based photocatalysis is regarded as one of the most …