Recent advances in cellulose and chitosan based membranes for water purification: A concise review

VK Thakur, SI Voicu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Recently membrane technology has emerged as a new promising and pervasive technology
due to its innate advantages over traditional technologies such as adsorption, distillation …

Polysulfone functionalized membranes: Properties and challenges

OS Serbanescu, SI Voicu, VK Thakur - Materials today chemistry, 2020‏ - Elsevier
One of the most important polymers for membranes manufacturing is Polysulfone because of
its remarkable properties, like chemical stability, mechanical and thermal properties, and …

Fundamentals and scopes of doped carbon nanotubes towards energy and biosensing applications

A Muhulet, F Miculescu, SI Voicu, F Schütt… - Materials today …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Since their first allusion, carbon nanotubes have attracted significant research interest,
especially with respect to composite manufacturing as a filler material for enhancing their …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene and functionalized graphene: Extraordinary prospects for nanobiocomposite materials

M Ioniţă, GM Vlăsceanu, AA Watzlawek, SI Voicu… - Composites Part B …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Graphene research, already prized, is nonetheless challenged to provide material
advantages that bring about unique and novel applications rather than simply an improved …

Synthesis and characterization of pla-micro-structured hydroxyapatite composite films

AM Pandele, A Constantinescu, IC Radu, F Miculescu… - Materials, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
This article presents a facile synthesis method used to obtain new composite films based on
polylactic acid and micro-structured hydroxyapatite particles. The composite films were …

Graphene‐based polymer nanocomposite membranes: a review

M Miculescu, VK Thakur, F Miculescu… - Polymers for …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ever since the discovery of graphene, its potential has been predicted for a number of
applications in various fields such as electronics, sensors, environmental decontamination …

Cellulose acetate-based materials for water treatment in the context of circular economy

M Oprea, SI Voicu - Water, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Water, one of the most important resources that the planet offers us, cannot be used without
meeting certain quality parameters which are increasingly difficult to achieve due to human …

Cellulose acetate-based membranes for the removal of heavy metals from water in the context of circular economy

M Oprea, SI Voicu - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Heavy metals are a significant class of water pollutants. Their main source is represented by
human activities performed in most of the industrial fields (eg, leather, textiles, electronics …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of graphene oxide on mechanical, morphological, barrier, and electrical properties of polymer membranes

A Ammar, AM Al-Enizi, MAA AlMaadeed… - Arabian journal of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
This paper expresses a short review of research on the effects of graphene oxide (GO) as a
nanocomposite element on polymer morphology and resulting property modifications …

Cellulose composites with graphene for tissue engineering applications

M Oprea, SI Voicu - Materials, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles of engineering and
life sciences to obtain biomaterials capable of maintaining, improving, or substituting the …