The ever-increasing amount of oily wastewater from industries poses a serious threat to the
ecological environment and human health, and separation of oil and water remains a …

In recent years, low-cost and high-performance properties of adsorbents have become a
strong demand in adsorbents preparation. Biochar and lignin present great potential for …

The traditional oil-water separation methods suffer from many problems such as low
separation efficiency, high energy consumption, and rapid contamination by oil. We …

The treatment and reclamation of oilfield produced water by membrane technology is
severely limited by fouling. Zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8) nanoparticles are …

MXene nanosheets were functionalized by introducing sodium lignosulfonate (LS)
containing abundant hydrophilic groups (sulfonic acid groups and phenolic hydroxyl …

Regulating molecules/ions transport within two-dimensional (2D) sub-nanometer channels
to achieve a higher separation efficiency is of considerable interest for MXene membranes …

Despite growing demands for high-temperature wastewater treatment, most available
polymeric membranes are limited to mild operating temperatures (< 50° C) and become less …

Laminar MXene membranes hold great promise for aqueous separation applications.
However, their susceptibility to oxidation in water cause chemical degradation and …

Lignin, the second most plentiful biopolymer, is produced on a large scale as the waste of
the pulp and paper industries. Conventionally, lignin is incinerated for energy generation …

Biofouling is a menace commonly associated with materials widely used for various
applications that necessitate contact with water. Biofouling entities are usually composed of …