Recent advances in functionalized polymer membranes for biofouling control and mitigation in forward osmosis

MD Firouzjaei, SF Seyedpour, SA Aktij… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) is an osmotically driven process widely studied for water desalination,
wastewater treatment, and water reuse, as well as dilution and concentration of aqueous …

Modification of polyethersulfone membranes–A review of methods

C Zhao, J Xue, F Ran, S Sun - Progress in Materials Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Significant progress has been achieved in the last years on the modification of
polyethersulfone (PES) membranes. Many articles and reviews have been written on the …

Application of g-C3N4/ZnO nanocomposites for fabrication of anti-fouling polymer membranes with dye and protein rejection superiority

V Vatanpour, SSM Khadem, A Dehqan… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polysulfone (PSf) membranes are privileged for water and wastewater treatment, but
because of their hydrophobic nature, they suffer from fouling, which lowers their …

Modified polyether-sulfone membrane: A mini review

NA Alenazi, MA Hussein, KA Alamry… - … monomers and polymers, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Polyethersulfone has been widely used as a promising material in medical applications and
waste-treatment membranes since it provides excellent mechanical and thermal properties …

Recent advances in forward osmosis (FO) membrane: Chemical modifications on membranes for FO processes

W Xu, Q Chen, Q Ge - Desalination, 2017 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has been develo** rapidly in recent years and demonstrated its
advantages in various applications. However, challenges from reverse solute diffusion …

Chemical modification of polyethersulfone nanofiltration membranes: a review

B Van der Bruggen - Journal of applied polymer science, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Polysulfone (PS) and poly (ether) sulfone (PES) are often used for synthesis of nanofiltration
membranes, due to their chemical, thermal, and mechanical stability. The disadvantage for …

Protection of polymeric membranes with antifouling surfacing via surface modifications

J Ayyavoo, TPN Nguyen, BM Jun, IC Kim… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2016 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the recent studies on membrane fouling and the process of surface
modification to develop fouling resistant membranes in microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration …

A review of additional modifications of additives through hydrophilic functional groups for the application of proton exchange membranes in fuel cells

MR Asghar, W Zhang, H Su, J Zhang, B Rhimi… - Journal of Power …, 2024 - Elsevier
The challenges related to the proton exchange membrane (PEM) of proton exchange
membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells are high swelling, loss of mechanical …

Preparation and characterization of porous polyethersulfone (PES) membranes with improved biocompatibility by blending sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES) and …

VB Athira, S Mohanty, SK Nayak - Materials Today Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
The current study focuses on the effective sulfonation of polyethersulfone (PES) polymer to
synthesize sulfonated-polyethersulfone (SPES) and blending with PES to prepare …

Progress in heparin and heparin-like/mimicking polymer-functionalized biomedical membranes

C Cheng, S Sun, C Zhao - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Research into the design of heparin and heparin-like/mimicking polymer-functionalized
biomedical membranes is of tremendous interest to the biomedical sector in particular and is …