Nanocomposite membranes for water separation and purification: Fabrication, modification, and applications

MR Esfahani, SA Aktij, Z Dabaghian… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water pollution is one of the greatest challenges around the world. Nanocomposite
membranes are a promising modified version of traditional polymeric membranes for water …

Regulating composition and structure of nanofillers in thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for enhanced separation performance: A critical review

Z Liao, J Zhu, X Li, B Van der Bruggen - Separation and Purification …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes, comprising nanofillers and nanoscale dense
polymeric barriers, were prepared by introducing nanomaterials into a polyamide layer …

Microstructure optimization of bioderived polyester nanofilms for antibiotic desalination via nanofiltration

Y Bai, B Liu, J Li, M Li, Z Yao, L Dong, D Rao… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The successful implementation of thin-film composite membranes (TFCM) for challenging
solute-solute separations in the pharmaceutical industry requires a fine control over the …

Boosting the performance of nanofiltration membranes in removing organic micropollutants: trade-off effect, strategy evaluation, and prospective development

Y Liu, K Wang, Z Zhou, X Wei, S **a… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In view of the high risks brought about by organic micropollutants (OMPs), nanofiltration (NF)
processes have been playing a vital role in advanced water and wastewater treatment …

A critical review on thin-film nanocomposite membranes enabled by nanomaterials incorporated in different positions and with diverse dimensions: Performance …

X Wei, Y Liu, J Zheng, X Wang, S **a… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials with diverse dimensions have been incorporated in different positions during
the development of novel thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for water and …

Development of antifouling nanofiltration membrane with zwitterionic functionalized monomer for efficient dye/salt selective separation

YF Mi, G Xu, YS Guo, B Wu, QF An - Journal of Membrane Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes offer advantages to address enormous demands for textile
water treatment. To meet omnipresent challenges of dye/salt selectively and antifouling …

Superfast water transport zwitterionic polymeric nanofluidic membrane reinforced by metal–organic frameworks

YL Ji, BX Gu, SJ **e, MJ Yin, WJ Qian… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanofluidics derived from low‐dimensional nanosheets and protein nanochannels are
crucial for advanced catalysis, sensing, and separation. However, polymer nanofluidics is …

Selective separation membranes for fractionating organics and salts for industrial wastewater treatment: Design strategies and process assessment

X Zhang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Inorganic salts are generated in nearly all chemical and allied industrial manufacturing
processes; however, most existing wastewater treatment technologies and environmental …

Hydrogel-regulated interfacial polymerization: A gateway to effective nanostructure tuning of polyamide nanofiltration membranes

D Wang, N Zhang, J Zhang, Y Qin, S Wang, CY Tang… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Controllable interfacial polymerization (IP) is eminently desirable for the preparation of high-
performance nanofiltration (NF) membranes to address the worldwide water scarcity. Herein …

Nanocellulose-based membranes for highly efficient molecular separation

Z Wang, Z Chen, Z Zheng, H Liu, L Zhu, M Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose (NC), a family of most promising natural nanomaterials, has emerged as a
potential candidate for the fabrication of highly efficient separation membranes owing to its …