The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation

S Santoro, AH Avci, A Politano, E Curcio - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population
pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination …

Functional supramolecular systems: Design and applications

IS Antipin, MV Alfimov, VV Arslanov… - Russian Chemical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

Photothermal Sweeping Gas Membrane Distillation and Reverse Electrodialysis for light-to-heat-to-power conversion

AH Avci, S Santoro, A Politano, M Propato… - … and Processing-Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water and energy are two intimately interconnected issues of strategic relevance for a
sustainable industrial development. Herein, we integrated light-harvesting/self-heating …

Lithium recovery through WS2 nanofillers-promoted solar photothermal membrane crystallization of LiCl

S Santoro, M Aquino, C Rizza, J Occhiuzzi… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The recovery of raw materials represents one of the greatest challenges for a circular
economy. Especially, the increased demand for lithium in the last years for its critical role in …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmonic nanofillers-enabled solar membrane crystallization for mineral recovery

S Santoro, M Aquino, C Rizza, A Cupolillo… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, the excitation of localized surface plasmon resonances in metal nanoparticles
(NPs) has been exploited in membrane science (especially, membrane distillation) to …

Dimensionally controlled graphene-based surfaces for photothermal membrane crystallization

S Santoro, M Aquino, DH Seo, T Van Der Laan… - Journal of colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane-based photothermal crystallization-a pioneering technology for mining valuable
minerals from seawater and brines-exploits self-heating nanostructured interfaces to boost …

A luminescent thermosensitive coating for a non-invasive and in-situ study of thermal polarization in hollow fiber membranes

F Russo, S Santoro, F Galiano, C Ursino… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
A new non-invasive method to evaluate the thermal polarization is herein proposed for
hollow fiber (HFs) membranes during the Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD) …

Experimental evaluation of the thermal polarization in direct contact membrane distillation using electrospun nanofiber membranes doped with molecular probes

S Santoro, I Vidorreta, I Coelhoso, JC Lima… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Membrane distillation (MD) has recently gained considerable attention as a valid process for
the production of fresh-water due to its ability to exploit low grade waste heat for operation …

Thermally populated “bright” states for wide-range and high temperature sensing in air

Q Fang, J Li, S Li, R Duan, S Wang, Y Yi… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of air-stable triarylphosphine oxide-based thermosensitive ratiometric sensors
based on local excited (LE) and charge transfer (CT) emissions have been designed and …

A non-invasive optical method for mapping temperature polarization in direct contact membrane distillation

S Santoro, IM Vidorreta, V Sebastian, A Moro… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
Membrane Distillation (MD) is a thermal membrane process allowing for a theoretical 100%
rejection of non-volatile compounds (ie ions, macromolecules, colloids, cells), whereas …