Nanofiltration membranes with crumpled polyamide films: a critical review on mechanisms, performances, and environmental applications

S Shao, F Zeng, L Long, X Zhu, LE Peng… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been widely applied in many important environmental
applications, including water softening, surface/groundwater purification, wastewater …

A critical review on porous substrates of TFC polyamide membranes: Mechanisms, membrane performances, and future perspectives

LE Peng, Z Yang, L Long, S Zhou, H Guo… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes commonly adopt a thin film composite
(TFC) structure featuring a polyamide rejection layer formed on a porous substrate. Recent …

Polyamide-based membranes with structural homogeneity for ultrafast molecular sieving

L Shen, R Cheng, M Yi, WS Hung, S Japip… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Thin-film composite membranes formed by conventional interfacial polymerization generally
suffer from the depth heterogeneity of the polyamide layer, ie, nonuniformly distributed free …

A critical review on thin-film nanocomposite membranes with interlayered structure: mechanisms, recent developments, and environmental applications

Z Yang, PF Sun, X Li, B Gan, L Wang… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The separation properties of polyamide reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes,
widely applied for desalination and water reuse, are constrained by the permeability …

Polyamide desalination membranes: Formation, structure, and properties

V Freger, GZ Ramon - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Empirical discovery, four decades ago, of polyamide membranes made by interfacial
polymerization revolutionized large-scale desalination and has made desalinated water …

Mechanistic insights into the role of polydopamine interlayer toward improved separation performance of polyamide nanofiltration membranes

Z Yang, F Wang, H Guo, LE Peng, X Ma… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Interlayered thin-film nanocomposite membranes (TFNi) are an emerging type of
membranes with great potential to overcome the permeability–selectivity upper bound of …

Removal of chloride from water and wastewater: removal mechanisms and recent trends

Y Li, Z Yang, K Yang, J Wei, Z Li, C Ma, X Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased chloride concentration can cause salinization, which has become a serious and
widespread environmental problem nowadays. This review aims at providing …

Modulating interfacial polymerization with phytate as aqueous-phase additive for highly-permselective nanofiltration membranes

M Zhang, X You, K **ao, Z Yin, J Yuan, J Zhao… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Modulating interfacial polymerization (IP) process has been recognized as an effective way
to optimize the physicochemical structure of polyamide membranes and thus elevating …

Toward enhancing desalination and heavy metal removal of TFC nanofiltration membranes: a cost-effective interface temperature-regulated interfacial polymerization

X Cheng, C Lai, J Li, W Zhou, X Zhu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polyamide (PA) chemistry-based nanofiltration (NF) membranes have an important role in
the field of seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation. Achieving an ultrathin and …

Distinct impact of substrate hydrophilicity on performance and structure of TFC NF and RO polyamide membranes

R Dai, Z Yang, Z Qiu, L Long, CY Tang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Substrate properties have profound impacts on the structure and performance of both thin-
film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) polyamide (PA) …