Harnessing filler materials for enhancing biogas separation membranes

CY Chuah, K Goh, Y Yang, H Gong, W Li… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biogas is an increasingly attractive renewable resource, envisioned to secure future energy
demands and help curb global climate change. To capitalize on this resource, membrane …

Modeling permeation through mixed-matrix membranes: A review

GM Monsalve-Bravo, SK Bhatia - Processes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Over the past three decades, mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs), comprising an inorganic
filler phase embedded in a polymer matrix, have emerged as a promising alternative to …

Mixed matrix membranes for post-combustion carbon capture: From materials design to membrane engineering

L Hu, K Clark, T Alebrahim, H Lin - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Mixed matrix materials (MMMs) containing nanofillers dispersed in continuous polymer
matrices have emerged as an exciting and versatile platform to develop membranes with …

Structure and gas transport at the polymer–zeolite interface: insights from molecular dynamics simulations

RC Dutta, SK Bhatia - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018 - ACS Publications
We investigate the structure of polyimide (PI) at the surface of a silicalite zeolite (MFI), as part
of a model hybrid organic–inorganic mixed matrix membrane system, through equilibrium …

2D vertical heterostructure membranes for lanthanide separation

J Liang, T Liu, Y Li, W Liang, X Zhang, L Qian… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2022 - cell.com
The design and synthesis of separation materials for lanthanides with extremely similar
properties have always been a significant challenge. Here, a two-dimensional (2D) metal …

Rietveld refined structure, ferroelectric, magnetic and magnetoelectric response of Gd-substituted Ni-Cu-Zn ferrite and Ca, Zr co-doped BaTiO3 multiferroic composites

BC Das, AKMA Hossain - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
The room temperature magnetoeletric coupling was investigated thoroughly in various xNi
0.48 Cu 0.12 Zn 0.40 Gd 0.04 Fe 1.96 O 4+(1-x) Ba 0.985 Ca 0.015 Zr 0.10 Ti 0.90 O 3 …

Interfacial barriers to gas transport in zeolites: distinguishing internal and external resistances

RC Dutta, SK Bhatia - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We use atomistic simulations of CH4, H2 and CO2 transport to elucidate the effect of internal
interfacial barriers on gas transport within nanoscale zeolite crystals of different morphology; …

Recent development in composite membranes for flow batteries

J Wu, Q Dai, H Zhang, X Li - ChemSusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flow batteries (FBs) are one of the most attractive candidates for stationary energy storage
and vital in realizing the wide application of renewable energies. Membranes play an …

Characterization of the polymer/particle interphase in composite materials by molecular probing

S Maghami, M Shahrooz, A Mehrabani-Zeinabad… - Polymer, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a new method was developed for the characterization of the interface
morphology in polymer/particle composites. This method, not limited to a specific polymer or …

Emergence of ferrimagnetism along with magnetoelectric coupling in Ba0. 83Sr0. 07Ca0. 10TiO3/BaFe12O19 multiferroic composites

A Jain, YG Wang, N Wang, Y Li, FL Wang - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to improve the multiferroic characteristics of BaTiO 3 based composites, diphasic
magnetoelectric composites of (1-x) Ba 0.83 Ca 0.10 Sr 0.07 TiO 3-(x) BaFe 12 O 19 (x= 0 …