Membrane desalination is a promising technology for addressing the global challenge of
water scarcity by augmenting fresh water supply. Continuous progress in this technology …

Solvent separations present one of the largest opportunities for membrane technologies.
Currently, industries use millions of tons of solvents for the manufacture of drugs, oils and …

Polymer membranes are widely used in separation processes including desalination,
organic solvent nanofiltration, and crude oil fractionation,. Nevertheless, direct evidence of …

Polyester nanofiltration membranes highlight beneficial chlorine resistance, but their loose
structures and negative charge result in poor cations retention precluding advanced use in …

The successful implementation of thin-film composite membranes (TFCM) for challenging
solute-solute separations in the pharmaceutical industry requires a fine control over the …

High performance polyamide nanofiltration membranes play important roles in Mg2+/Li+
separation and Li+ extraction, but they are prepared via multiple time‐/labor demanding …

With the rapid development of materials science, porous organic polymers (POPs) have
received remarkable attentions because of their unique properties such as the exceptionally …

Interfacial polymerization serves as a revolutionary technique to create polymer membranes
such as polyamides, polyesters, and covalent organic frameworks, holding exceptional …

Porous Janus materials have attracted widespread attention due to their asymmetry in
wettability, charge, pore size or structure, thermal/electrical conductivity, and chemical …

Thin film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) membranes—constructed via interfacial
polymerization (IP) of piperazine (PIP) and trimeric chloride (TMC)—have demonstrated …