Engineering metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) based thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for molecular separation

DL Zhao, F Feng, L Shen, Z Huang, Q Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a novel class of hybrid materials constructed from
metals ions/ions clusters and organic linkers. Owing to their well-defined porous structures …

Recent developments and applications of protective silicone coatings: A review of PDMS functional materials

U Eduok, O Faye, J Szpunar - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2017 - Elsevier
The classification of silicones in the literature is as broad as their properties and
applications; in this work, we have restricted the discussion to polydimethylsiloxanes …

Antifouling membrane surface construction: Chemistry plays a critical role

X Zhao, R Zhang, Y Liu, M He, Y Su, C Gao… - Journal of Membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane technology has been broadly utilized in water purification including wastewater
treatment, seawater or brackish water desalination. However, it often suffers from the severe …

Dopamine: just the right medicine for membranes

HC Yang, RZ Waldman, MB Wu, J Hou… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mussel‐inspired chemistry has attracted widespread interest in membrane science and
technology. Demonstrating the rapid growth of this field over the past several years …

Pathways to a net-zero-carbon water sector through energy-extracting wastewater technologies

A Rani, SW Snyder, H Kim, Z Lei, SY Pan - NPJ Clean Water, 2022 - nature.com
The energy-consuming and carbon-intensive wastewater treatment plants could become
significant energy producers and recycled organic and metallic material generators, thereby …

Recent advances in nature-inspired antifouling membranes for water purification

X Zhang, J Ma, J Zheng, R Dai, X Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane separation technologies have been widely used for water purification. However,
membrane fouling, which arises from unwanted deposition and adhesion of foulants …

Salinity gradient energy generation by pressure retarded osmosis: A review

RR Gonzales, A Abdel-Wahab, S Adham, DS Han… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) has gained attention due to its use as a salinity gradient
energy-generating membrane process. This process can convert difference in salinity …

Pressure-assisted polydopamine modification of thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes for enhanced desalination and antifouling performance

DL Zhao, Q Zhao, H Lin, SB Chen, TS Chung - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Polydopamine (PDA) has been widely used to modify membrane surface with the aims to
tune its hydrophilicity and to mitigate its fouling propensity. However, modifications at …

Development of microporous substrates of polyamide thin film composite membranes for pressure-driven and osmotically-driven membrane processes: A review

WJ Lau, GS Lai, J Li, S Gray, Y Hu, N Misdan… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polyamide thin film composite (TFC) membranes are state-of-the-art membranes with
superior permeability and selectivity, and are widely used in various membrane-based …

Antifouling, high-flux oil/water separation carbon nanotube membranes by polymer-mediated surface charging and hydrophilization

Y Liu, Y Su, J Cao, J Guan, R Zhang, M He… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
A facile approach to fabricating the antifouling, high-flux oil/water separation carbon
nanotube (CNT) nanohybrid membranes was explored by polymer-mediated surface …