Recent advances in graphene-based nano-membranes for desalination

I Ali, SZ Hasan, H Garcia, MK Danquah… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The demand for desalination is steadily rising due to dwindling fresh water sources and the
abundant saline water in our oceans. Among the various techniques available, membrane …

2D nanomaterial for microplastic removal: a critical review

TK Das, S Basak, S Ganguly - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Innovative solutions are needed to address microplastic pollution, which is a major threat to
both human and environmental health. The possibility of two-dimensional (2D) …

Closed-loop circularity in water remediating membranes enabled by 'exchangeable-bonds,'covalent organic framework, and sequential interpenetrating polymeric …

RS Gupta, SS Islam, S Bose - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Most commercial membranes are characterized by linear lifecycles, leading to landfill
disposal, exacerbating microplastic pollution, and undermining membrane sustainability. A …

Tuning the surface charge and pore size of IPNs arrests covalent organic nanostructures through in situ exchangeable bonds for the removal of persistent …

RS Gupta, SS Islam, A Malakar, T Das… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have proven to be a wonderful material for water
remediation, but their stability has been a long-standing challenge. Herein, to address this …

Graphene oxide as novel visible light active photocatalyst: synthesis, modification by nitrogen and boron do**, and photocatalytic application

Samriti, S Thakur, A Ojha, R Gupta… - … status solidi (a), 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene oxide (GO) has become one of the emerging and important sole photocatalyst
nanomaterials in recent years due to its exceptional/tunable optoelectronic properties …

Copper-based metal organic framework/polymer foams with long-lasting antibacterial effect

X Mao, Z Ye, J Liang, J Lin, X Mei, D Deng, R Shi… - Iranian Polymer …, 2024 - Springer
The development of durable and effective antibacterial materials has been a research
hotspot. Here, we reported a new kind of long-lasting stable antibacterial material [Cu-metal …

[HTML][HTML] Towards organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) membrane recyclability through Diels-Alder (DA) dynamic covalent bonds

J Poniatowska, M Houben, Z Borneman… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Chemical crosslinking of polymeric membranes has been widely explored in the field of
organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) to induce superior chemical stability in harsh organic …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoporous Dopamine/β-Cyclodextrin PES-PMACZ/MOF Modified Membrane for High-Efficiency, Low-Fouling Extraction of Microplastics and PCB 209 from …

M Babalar, S Siddiqua, L McIntyre, D Ellenor… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2025 - Elsevier
This research focused on the development of 9 advanced Dopamine/β-Cyclodextrin
modified polyethersulfone (PES) modified membranes, incorporating a polymer-coated …

Interpenetrating Polymer Networks for Water Treatment and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding

SS Islam, S Dutta, S Bose - Encyclopedia of Polymer Science …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) are a polymer consisting of two or more polymer
networks exhibiting a certain degree of molecular‐scale interlacing within the matrix but not …