Membrane technologies have been widely applied in water treatment over the past few
decades. However, membrane fouling remains a hinderance for the widespread use of …

Shortly after its inception, nanoimprint lithography (NIL) was primarily used as tool for the
thermal embossing and flash curing of thermoplastic resists and polymer precursors …

Highlights•Surface patterning of polymer membranes can be an effective strategy to improve
the device performances.•Both porous and dense membranes can be patterned via …

Patterned membranes have been attractive for the mitigation of fouling in membrane
processes, but existing patterning methods are rather in-effective in terms of scalability and …

Surface patterning of membranes has emerged as a nonchemical approach to improving the
performance of water separation and ion exchange membranes. These patterns reduce the …

Membrane fouling is seen as the main culprit that hinders the widespread of membrane
application in liquid-based filtration. Therefore, fouling management is key for the successful …

Foulants build-up on the membrane surface followed by polarization is considered to be one
of the most critical issues that have limited the application of membranes in different …

Oil/water separation is a critical global challenge due to the ever-increasing generation of
oily wastewaters from industrial activities and daily life. Membrane separation processes can …

Amid global concerns over water scarcity and escalating environmental pollution, there has
been a surge in research and innovation for pioneering wastewater purification …

The influence of substrate topography and interfacial polymerization (IP) conditions were
investigated during the fabrication of patterned thin-film composite (TFC) membranes …