Electron microscopy studies of soft nanomaterials

Z Lyu, L Yao, W Chen, FC Kalutantirige… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review highlights recent efforts on applying electron microscopy (EM) to soft (including
biological) nanomaterials. We will show how developments of both the hardware and …

A review on the synthesis of fully aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membranes

S Habib, ST Weinman - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes have been used for desalination for over 40 years. This
review focuses on the lab-scale synthesis of fully aromatic polyamide layers used to create …

Mechanism and performance relevance of nanomorphogenesis in polyamide films revealed by quantitative 3D imaging and machine learning

H An, JW Smith, B Ji, S Cotty, S Zhou, L Yao… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Biological morphogenesis has inspired many efficient strategies to diversify material
structure and functionality using a fixed set of components. However, implementation of …

MPD and TMC supply as parameters to describe synthesis-morphology-performance relationships of polyamide thin film composite membranes

I Nulens, R Peters, R Verbeke, DM Davenport… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study assesses the influence during interfacial polymerization on polyamide thin film
composite (TFC) morphology and performance of varying monomer concentrations and …

Molecular insights into the structure-property relationships of 3D printed polyamide reverse-osmosis membrane for desalination

J He, J Yang, JR McCutcheon, Y Li - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D-printing is an emerging method for manufacturing polyamide (PA) reserve
osmosis (RO) membranes for water treatment and desalination, which can precisely control …

Expanding the toolbox for microfluidic-based in situ membrane characterization via microscopy

I Nulens, S Caspers, R Verbeke, A Kubarev… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyamide thin film composite membranes are the commercial standard for aqueous
nanofiltration and reverse osmosis. Establishing their synthesis-structure-performance …

Seeking regularity from irregularity: Unveiling the synthesis–nanomorphology relationships of heterogeneous nanomaterials using unsupervised machine learning

L Yao, H An, S Zhou, A Kim, E Luijten, Q Chen - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoscale morphology of functional materials determines their chemical and physical
properties. However, despite increasing use of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to …

Kinetics of support-free interfacial polymerization polyamide films by in-situ absorbance spectroscopy

J Mansouri, S Huang, A Agostino, RP Kuchel, G Leslie… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the kinetics of the interfacial polymerization (IP) reaction is one of the crucial
factors in tailoring the characteristics and performance of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes …

Beyond nothingness in the formation and functional relevance of voids in polymer films

FC Kalutantirige, J He, L Yao, S Cotty, S Zhou… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Voids—the nothingness—broadly exist within nanomaterials and impact properties ranging
from catalysis to mechanical response. However, understanding nanovoids is challenging …

Recent developments in 3D-printed membranes for water desalination

J He, T Yue, JR McCutcheon, Y Li - Journal of Physics: Energy, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The recognition of membrane separations as a vital technology platform for enhancing the
efficiency of separation processes has been steadily increasing. Concurrently, 3D printing …