Fluids and electrolytes under confinement in single-digit nanopores

NR Aluru, F Aydin, MZ Bazant, D Blankschtein… - Chemical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics
and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important …

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 …

The upper bound of thin-film composite (TFC) polyamide membranes for desalination

Z Yang, H Guo, CY Tang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Membrane separation properties are constrained by a tradeoff relationship between
permeability and selectivity. This tradeoff relationship has been well established for gas …

Maximizing the right stuff: The trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity

HB Park, J Kamcev, LM Robeson, M Elimelech… - Science, 2017‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND Synthetic membranes are used for desalination, dialysis, sterile filtration,
food processing, dehydration of air and other industrial, medical, and environmental …

Materials for next-generation desalination and water purification membranes

JR Werber, CO Osuji, M Elimelech - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016‏ - nature.com
Membrane-based separations for water purification and desalination have been
increasingly applied to address the global challenges of water scarcity and the pollution of …

Antifouling membranes for sustainable water purification: strategies and mechanisms

R Zhang, Y Liu, M He, Y Su, X Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
One of the greatest challenges to the sustainability of modern society is an inadequate
supply of clean water. Due to its energy-saving and cost-effective features, membrane …

Chemistry and fabrication of polymeric nanofiltration membranes: A review

M Paul, SD Jons - Polymer, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The review article describes research on different methods for manufacturing polymeric NF
membranes. The primary focus is on NF composite membranes formed by interfacial …

Recent advances in polymer and polymer composite membranes for reverse and forward osmosis processes

D Li, Y Yan, H Wang - Progress in polymer science, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Semipermeable membranes are the core elements for membrane water desalination
technologies such as commercial reverse osmosis (RO) process and emerging forward …

Recent advancements in forward osmosis desalination: A review

N Akther, A Sodiq, A Giwa, S Daer, HA Arafat… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) is one of the evolving membrane technologies in desalination with
recent expanded new interest as a low energy process. The most significant parts of FO …

Forward osmosis membrane: review of fabrication, modification, challenges and potential

BM Ibraheem, SA Aani, AA Alsarayreh, QF Alsalhy… - Membranes, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Forward osmosis (FO) is a low-energy treatment process driven by osmosis to induce the
separation of water from dissolved solutes/foulants through the membrane in hydraulic …