Although water is essential for global health and the socio‐economic development of
modern society, providing fresh water universally in a sustainable and affordable manner …

In recent years, membrane technologies have been developed to address water shortage
and energy crisis. Forward osmosis (FO), as an emerging membrane-based water treatment …

Forward osmosis (FO) has been recently regarded as a promising water treatment
technology due to its lower energy consumption and lower membrane fouling propensity …

We explore the feasibility of utilizing electro-responsive hydrogels as novel forward osmosis
(FO) draw agents for desalination. The chemically cross-linked hydrogels were synthesized …

Liquid desiccant air conditioning (LDAC) is an emerging technology able to maintain optimal
growing conditions in self-sustained greenhouses powered by solar energy. However, the …

Water is the most abundant liquid on Earth, but only 2.5% of worldwide water are fresh. It is
impossible to ignore the importance of water in almost every process on Earth, from the …

This study is the first report of the preparation of hydroxyethyl starch (HES) hydrogels rapidly
crosslinked with divinyl sulfone in a single step and single pot. To develop the physical and …

In this study, four poly (diallyl dimethylammonium chloride)(PDDA) with different molecular
weights are applied for forward osmosis concentration of high-salinity wastewater; …

Forward osmosis (FO) is an emerging sustainable desalination technology; however, it is not
a stand-alone process and requires an additional step to recover the water or regenerate the …

This work made use of the sewage sludge ash (SSA) to enhance thermo-responsive
hydrogel for driving forward-osmosis (FO) process. Results showed that owing to the porous …