Porous Janus materials with unique asymmetries and functionality

L Yan, X Yang, Y Zhang, Y Wu, Z Cheng, SB Darling… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Porous Janus materials have attracted widespread attention due to their asymmetry in
wettability, charge, pore size or structure, thermal/electrical conductivity, and chemical …

A comprehensive review of recent advances in nanofiltration membranes for heavy metal removal from wastewater

Z Samavati, A Samavati, PS Goh, AF Ismail… - … Research and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite several technological advancements and achievements, wastewater treatment
continues to be a fundamental global issue. The wastewater, which contains heavy metal …

Sharpening nanofiltration: strategies for enhanced membrane selectivity

H Zhang, Q He, J Luo, Y Wan… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration plays an increasingly large role in many industrial applications, such as water
treatment (eg, desalination, water softening, and fluoride removal) and resource recovery …

A review of the nanofiltration membrane for magnesium and lithium separation from salt-lake brine

L Zhang, M Hu, B He, H Pei, X Li… - Separation and Purification …, 2025 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) membrane with small pore size and charged properties has attracted
more attention recently in lithium extraction from salt-lake brine for addressing the escalating …

Nanofiltration membranes with cellulose nanocrystals as an interlayer for unprecedented performance

JJ Wang, HC Yang, MB Wu, X Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanofiltration membranes are of great interest in brackish water desalination and drinking
water purification. Improving the permeation and separation performance remains a big …

Ionic dendrimer based polyamide membranes for ion separation

ZL Qiu, LF Fang, YJ Shen, WH Yu, BK Zhu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Separating low/high-valent ions with sub-nanometer sizes is a crucial yet challenging task in
various areas (eg, within environmental, healthcare, chemical, and energy engineering) …

Quaternary ammonium engineered polyamide membrane with high positive charge density for efficient Li+/Mg2+ separation

T Gu, R Zhang, S Zhang, B Shi, J Zhao, Z Wang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
The efficient separation of Li+/Mg 2+ is the key to lithium extraction from salt lake brine.
Herein, a multi-amino quaternary ammonium salt (3, 5-dimethylhydrazide-benzyl trimethyl …

Mix-charged nanofiltration membrane: Engineering charge spatial distribution for highly selective separation

J Luo, Y Wan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Steric and charge exclusions are mainly responsible for the separation selectivity of
nanofiltration (NF) membranes, thereinto membrane charge spatial distribution plays an …

How to fabricate a negatively charged NF membrane for heavy metal removal via the interfacial polymerization between PIP and TMC?

J Tian, H Chang, S Gao, R Zhang - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
The potential toxicity of heavy metals arising from the discharge of industrial wastewater has
become a serious public concern. Fabrication of a thin film composite (TFC) NF membrane …

One-Step Construction of the Positively/Negatively Charged Ultrathin Janus Nanofiltration Membrane for the Separation of Li+ and Mg2+

C Guo, Y Qian, P Liu, Q Zhang, X Zeng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
To coordinate the trade-off between the separation and permeation of the nanofiltration
membrane for the separation of Mg2+/Li+, we regulated poly (ethyleneimine)/piperazine …