The upper bound of thin-film composite (TFC) polyamide membranes for desalination

Z Yang, H Guo, CY Tang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Membrane separation properties are constrained by a tradeoff relationship between
permeability and selectivity. This tradeoff relationship has been well established for gas …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in surface tailoring of thin film forward osmosis membranes: a review

J Farahbakhsh, M Golgoli, M Khiadani, M Najafi… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent advancements in fabricating forward osmosis (FO) membranes have shown
promising results in desalination and water treatment. Different methods have been applied …

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs)-incorporated thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for high-flux organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN)

C Li, S Li, L Tian, J Zhang, B Su, MZ Hu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reports a new class of thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes incorporated
with covalent organic frameworks (COFs) nanoparticles in the polyamide skin layer and …

Layer-by-layer self-assembly of pillared two-dimensional multilayers

W Tian, A VahidMohammadi, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract We report Layer-by-Layer (LbL) self-assembly of pillared two-dimensional (2D)
multilayers, from water, onto a wide range of substrates. This LbL method uses a small …

Fabrication of chitosan nanofiltration membranes by the film casting strategy for effective removal of dyes/salts in textile wastewater

Q Long, Z Zhang, G Qi, Z Wang, Y Chen… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of facile strategies and techniques to fabricate nanofiltration (NF)
membranes with ideal molecular sieving ability has received growing attention in both …

Hematoporphyrin photosensitizer-linked carbon quantum dots for photodynamic therapy of cancer cells

G Murali, B Kwon, H Kang, JKR Modigunta… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The direct use of conventional photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer
cells has been thwarted by their low solubility, poor photostability, and aggregation …

Poly (tannic acid)-functionalized onion-like carbon nanoparticles derived from candle soot serving as potent lubricant additives

H **e, Y Wang, P Wang, S Liu, Q Ye, W Liu - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Spheroidal onion-like carbon (OLC) nanoparticles exhibit heliocentric graphitic layers are
known to possess excellent lubricating properties. Herein, tannic acid (TA) was assembled …

Self-cleaning nanofiltration membranes by coordinated regulation of carbon quantum dots and polydopamine

DD Shao, WJ Yang, HF **ao, ZY Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Performance declination of nanofiltration (NF) membranes caused by concentration
polarization (CP) and membrane fouling has severely restricted their practical application in …

Surfactant-induced intervention in interfacial polymerization to develop highly-selective thin-film composite membrane for forward osmosis process

X Zhang, HM Cui, Y Gao, ZW Yan, X Yan, Y Chen… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Thin-film composite (TFC) membrane capable of superior permeability contributes to the
industrial implementation of forward osmosis (FO) technology, but it is plagued with some …

Fabrication of polyamide hollow fiber nanofiltration membrane with intensified positive surface charge density via a secondary interfacial polymerization

Y Yin, Y Zhao, C Li, R Wang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a positively charged hollow fiber nanofiltration (NF) membrane based on twice
interfacial polymerization (IP) reactions was developed for water soften and heavy metal …