Increased tolerance to toxic pollutants and enhanced degradation capabilities of the
bacterial biofilm is often attributed to the matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) …

Today, membrane technologies play a big role in chemical industry, especially in separation
engineering. Tannic acid, one of the most famous polyphenols, has attracted widespread …

Facing millions of tons of discharged oily wastewater each year worldwide, it is highly
desired to develop eco-friendly, cost-effective and high-efficiency oil/water separation …

While composite membranes with two-dimensional (2D) lamellar materials (eg, graphene
and MXene) have recently attracted increasing attention, fabrication of high-performance 2D …

Transition metal carbide and nitride materials (MXenes) have been greatly appreciated for
their facilely exfoliated and hydrophilic two-dimensional (2D) layered structure to fabricate …

While sludge bulking often occurring in activated sludge processes generally leads to
serious membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBR), the underlying causes are still …

Haloketones (HKs) is one class of disinfection by-products (DBPs) which is genetically toxic
and mutagenic. Monitoring HKs in drinking water is important for drinking water safety, yet it …

The membrane fouling is a thorny issue in membrane separation technology, which can
significantly weaken its separation efficiency for wastewater. The coupling of membrane …

Abstract Effects of calcium ions and polyaluminum chloride (PACl) on membrane fouling in
coagulation-ultrafiltration (UF) process were investigated in this study. Filtration tests …

While membrane technology emerges as one of the promising candidates for printing and
dyeing wastewater treatment, it still suffers problems of “trade-off” effect and membrane …