Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review

M Qasim, M Badrelzaman, NN Darwish, NA Darwish… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a grand challenge that has always stimulated research interests in finding
effective means for pure water production. In this context, reverse osmosis (RO) is …

Regulating the interfacial polymerization process toward high-performance polyamide thin-film composite reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes: A review

X Li, Z Wang, X Han, Y Liu, C Wang, F Yan… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF)
membranes are the core elements for the membrane-based desalination technologies …

Recent advances in high-performance TFC membranes: A review of the functional interlayers

C Ji, Z Zhai, C Jiang, P Hu, S Zhao, S Xue, Z Yang… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of interfacial polymerization (IP) technique has revolutionarily changed
our methods for water treatment and desalination. Over decades, researchers have devoted …

Surface characterization of thin-film composite membranes using contact angle technique: Review of quantification strategies and applications

MF Ismail, MA Islam, B Khorshidi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thin-film composite (TFC) membranes are the most widely used membranes for low-cost
and energy-efficient water desalination processes. Proper control over the three influential …

Advances in polymer-based nanocomposite membranes for water remediation: Preparation methods, critical issues and mechanisms

B Hazarika, M Ahmaruzzaman, MS Santosh… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane technology is a growing tool for contaminants removal from polluted water.
Although various types of polymeric membranes have been developed for water …

Recent advances in nanoporous membranes for water purification

Z Wang, A Wu, L Colombi Ciacchi, G Wei - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nanoporous materials exhibit wide applications in the fields of electrocatalysis, nanodevice
fabrication, energy, and environmental science, as well as analytical science. In this review …

Robust fabrication of thin film polyamide-TiO2 nanocomposite membranes with enhanced thermal stability and anti-biofouling propensity

B Khorshidi, I Biswas, T Ghosh, T Thundat… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The development of nano-enabled composite materials has led to a paradigm shift in the
manufacture of high-performance nanocomposite membranes with enhanced permeation …

Enhancing the antifouling ability of a polyamide nanofiltration membrane by narrowing the pore size distribution via one-step multiple interfacial polymerization

L Liu, X Chen, S Feng, Y Wan, J Luo - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Application of nanofiltration membranes in industries still has to contend with membrane
fouling that causes a significant loss of separation performance. Herein, an innovative …

Cosolvent-Assisted Interfacial Polymerization toward Regulating the Morphology and Performance of Polyamide Reverse Osmosis Membranes: Increased m …

Q Gan, LE Peng, H Guo, Z Yang… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cosolvent-assisted interfacial polymerization (IP) can effectively enhance the separation
performance of thin film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. However, the …

Improving properties of thin film nanocomposite membrane via temperature-controlled interfacial polymerization for nanofiltration process

MQ Seah, WJ Lau, PS Goh, BS Ooi, GS Lai, AF Ismail - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Research on the effect of interfacial polymerization (IP) temperature during polyamide layer
synthesis is lacking, especially for thin film nanocomposite (TFN) nanofiltration membrane …