Over the past decades, water scarcity and security have significantly stimulated the
advances of reverse osmosis (RO) technology, which dominates the global desalination …

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a multi-factor pollution formed from complex chemical,
physical, and biological interactions that takes place under ambient conditions in …

In this review, polymeric membrane fabrication techniques for pressure driven membrane
processes and membrane distillation are discussed. The fabrication technique, properties of …

Polymeric membranes are an energy‐efficient means of purifying water, but they suffer from
fouling during filtration. Modification of the membrane surface is one route to mitigating …

Water scarcity at global level has called for attentions to establish new and innovative
technologies that can be tapped to provide sustainable solutions to water crisis. Membrane …

With the rapidly increasing demands on water resources, fresh water shortage has become
an important issue affecting the economic and social development in many countries. As …

Membrane technologies have been widely applied in water treatment over the past few
decades. However, membrane fouling remains a hinderance for the widespread use of …

Biofouling is a major problem in environmental membrane separations because it leads to
higher operating pressures, more frequent chemical cleaning, shortened membrane life, and …

Semipermeable membranes are the core elements for membrane water desalination
technologies such as commercial reverse osmosis (RO) process and emerging forward …

Coal mines discharge low-pH acid mine drainage (AMD), which contains a variety of heavy
metals and sulfates that are extremely polluting and corrosive, posing a continuous threat to …