Nanofiltration membranes with crumpled polyamide films: a critical review on mechanisms, performances, and environmental applications

S Shao, F Zeng, L Long, X Zhu, LE Peng… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been widely applied in many important environmental
applications, including water softening, surface/groundwater purification, wastewater …

Fabrication of desalination membranes by interfacial polymerization: history, current efforts, and future directions

X Lu, M Elimelech - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane desalination is a promising technology for addressing the global challenge of
water scarcity by augmenting fresh water supply. Continuous progress in this technology …

A critical review on porous substrates of TFC polyamide membranes: Mechanisms, membrane performances, and future perspectives

LE Peng, Z Yang, L Long, S Zhou, H Guo… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes commonly adopt a thin film composite
(TFC) structure featuring a polyamide rejection layer formed on a porous substrate. Recent …

Engineering metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) based thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for molecular separation

DL Zhao, F Feng, L Shen, Z Huang, Q Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a novel class of hybrid materials constructed from
metals ions/ions clusters and organic linkers. Owing to their well-defined porous structures …

The coming of age of water channels for separation membranes: from biological to biomimetic to synthetic

YJ Lim, K Goh, R Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Water channels are one of the key pillars driving the development of next-generation
desalination and water treatment membranes. Over the past two decades, the rise of …

Ultrathin membranes for separations: a new era driven by advanced nanotechnology

S Zhang, L Shen, H Deng, Q Liu, X You… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrathin membranes are at the forefront of membrane research, offering great opportunities
in revolutionizing separations with ultrafast transport. Driven by advanced nanomaterials …

Manipulating interfacial polymerization for polymeric nanofilms of composite separation membranes

Z Wang, S Liang, Y Kang, W Zhao, Y **a, J Yang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Composite separation membranes are essential in the fields of water treatment, mass
concentration, purification, solvent exchange, gas separation, energy storage and …

Nanofiltration for drinking water treatment: a review

H Guo, X Li, W Yang, Z Yao, Y Mei, LE Peng… - Frontiers of Chemical …, 2022 - Springer
In recent decades, nanofiltration (NF) is considered as a promising separation technique to
produce drinking water from different types of water source. In this paper, we …

Effect of interfacial polymerization monomer design on the performance and structure of thin film composite nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes: A review

Y Chen, QJ Niu, Y Hou, H Sun - Separation and Purification Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
The thin-film composite (TFC) membranes fabricated by interfacial polymerization (IP) can
be applied in the fields of nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO), which has the …

Revolutionizing membrane design using machine learning-bayesian optimization

H Gao, S Zhong, W Zhang, T Igou… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymeric membrane design is a multidimensional process involving selection of membrane
materials and optimization of fabrication conditions from an infinite candidate space. It is …