The separation of oily wastewater, especially emulsified oil/water mixtures, is a worldwide
challenge because of the large amount of oily wastewater produced in many industrial …

This article provides a comprehensive overview of recent progress on the production and
modification of poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) membranes for liquid–liquid or liquid–solid …

Petrochemical wastewater should be appropriately handled to avoid pollution in natural
water. A current research field in this area is to use super hydrophilic membranes with …

Because of weak hydrophilicity, membranes always experience fouling problems during
separations. This phenomenon seriously impedes the development of membrane …

Membrane‐based separation processes are very susceptible to flux decline because of
concentration polarization and fouling problems. Despite the immense applications of low …

Ion-imprinted polymers (IIPs) exhibit great potential as the adsorbent for adsorption of
palladium from the industrial wastewater. However, co-existence of complicated water …

The blending of additives in the polyethersulfone (PES) matrix is an important approach in
the membrane industry to reduce membrane hydrophobicity and improve the performance …