A review on inorganic membranes for desalination and wastewater treatment

PS Goh, AF Ismail - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
The sustainability of global clean and safe water supply is one of the grand challenges
facing the world. Membrane technology based on polymeric membranes is one of the most …

A review of methods to reduce the probability of the airborne spread of COVID-19 in ventilation systems and enclosed spaces

G Berry, A Parsons, M Morgan, J Rickert, H Cho - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 forced the human population to rethink its way of living. The threat posed by the
potential spread of the virus via an airborne transmission mode through ventilation systems …

Electrospun nanofiber membranes incorporating fluorosilane-coated TiO2 nanocomposite for direct contact membrane distillation

EJ Lee, AK An, T He, YC Woo, HK Shon - Journal of Membrane Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The electrospinning technique as a method for fabricating hydrophobic membranes for
membrane distillation (MD) has received much attention in recent times. In this study, TiO 2 …

Advanced multi-nozzle electrospun functionalized titanium dioxide/polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (TiO2/PVDF-HFP) composite membranes for direct …

EJ Lee, AK An, P Hadi, S Lee, YC Woo… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
The unique capabilities of electrospinning technology are being increasingly utilized in the
fabrication of hydrophobic membranes to improve the membrane distillation (MD) process in …

Superamphiphobic and electroactive nanocomposite toward self-cleaning, antiwear, and anticorrosion coatings

R Yuan, S Wu, P Yu, B Wang, L Mu… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Multifunctional coatings are in urgent demand in emerging fields. In this work,
nanocomposite coatings with extraordinary self-cleaning, antiwear, and anticorrosion …

Superhydrophobic dual layer functionalized titanium dioxide/polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (TiO2/PH) nanofibrous membrane for high flux …

SMS Shahabadi, H Rabiee, SM Seyedi… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, superhydrophobic dual layer membranes with highly porous structure were
fabricated using electrospinning and electrospraying techniques. Electrospinning method …

A novel dual-functional epoxy-based composite coating with exceptional anti-corrosion and enhanced hydrogen gas barrier properties

S Yuan, Y Sun, C Yang, Y Zhang, C Cong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional hydrogen gas (H 2) barrier polymer composite coatings or films suffered from
poor corrosion resistance performance and low adhesion level, both of which could cause …

Influence of acidic pH on the formulation of TiO2 nanocrystalline powders with enhanced photoluminescence property

M Tsega, FB Dejene - Heliyon, 2017 - cell.com
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) nanoparticles were prepared by the sol-gel method at different pH
values (3.2–6.8) with a hydrochloric acid (HCl) solution. Raw samples were calcined at 500° …

Fully wood-based green triboelectric nanogenerators

J Bang, IK Moon, YP Jeon, B Ki, J Oh - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent times, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have been extensively studied as
green sources for harvesting energy. Paradoxically, TENGs are mostly based on …

Layer-by-layer fabrication of self-cleaning superhydrophobic surface made from Carboxymethylcellulose and ZnO quantum dots: a combined experimental and …

SK Sethi, S Kadian, R Gogoi, G Manik - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-health hazardous self-clean coating materials have fascinated and assumed immense
significance from both academia and industries. Herein, we put forward a facile and efficient …