Reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes commonly adopt a thin film composite
(TFC) structure featuring a polyamide rejection layer formed on a porous substrate. Recent …

The separation properties of polyamide reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes,
widely applied for desalination and water reuse, are constrained by the permeability …

Membrane separation properties are constrained by a tradeoff relationship between
permeability and selectivity. This tradeoff relationship has been well established for gas …

Water pollution is one of the greatest challenges around the world. Nanocomposite
membranes are a promising modified version of traditional polymeric membranes for water …

One of the grand challenges to sustain the modern society is to secure adequate water
resources of desirable quality for various designated uses. To address this challenge …

In view of the high risks brought about by organic micropollutants (OMPs), nanofiltration (NF)
processes have been playing a vital role in advanced water and wastewater treatment …

Semipermeable membranes are the core elements for membrane water desalination
technologies such as commercial reverse osmosis (RO) process and emerging forward …

Forward osmosis (FO) is an osmotically driven process widely studied for water desalination,
wastewater treatment, and water reuse, as well as dilution and concentration of aqueous …

In the past decades, novel materials (eg, aquaporin proteins, carbon nanotubes,
nanoporous graphene and graphene oxide) have emerged as promising candidates for …

Given their unique structural and morphological features, nanomaterials have gained
considerable attention for their applications in membrane desalination. Recent advances in …