Antifouling membranes for oily wastewater treatment: Interplay between wetting and membrane fouling

S Huang, RHA Ras, X Tian - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2018 - Elsevier
Oily wastewater is an extensive source of pollution to soil and water, and its harmless
treatment is of great importance for the protection of our aquatic ecosystems. Membrane …

Nanotechnology for sustainable food production: promising opportunities and scientific challenges

SM Rodrigues, P Demokritou, N Dokoozlian… - Environmental …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The agro-ecosystem is under enormous pressure due to rapid population growth, increasing
global food demand, increasing fresh water withdrawals and energy consumption …

Nanovehicle-assisted monomer shuttling enables highly permeable and selective nanofiltration membranes for water purification

R Dai, H Zhou, T Wang, Z Qiu, L Long, S Lin, CY Tang… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Fabricating nanofiltration membranes with high water permeance and selectivity is crucial to
efficient water purification. However, achieving such a goal with a simple and cost-effective …

A critical review on selection of microemulsions or nanoemulsions for enhanced oil recovery

J Mariyate, A Bera - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review, an attempt has been taken to show the preferential selection criteria of
microemulsions and nanoemulsions for applications in enhanced oil recovery. This paper …

A multifunctional hierarchical porous SiO2/GO membrane for high efficiency oil/water separation and dye removal

Y Liu, F Zhang, W Zhu, D Su, Z Sang, X Yan, S Li… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Removing contaminants from wastewater is critical to secure the global water supply.
Membrane technologies for water purification are exceptionally attractive due to their high …

Intrinsically superhydrophobic PVDF membrane by phase inversion for membrane distillation

S Munirasu, F Banat, AA Durrani, MA Haija - Desalination, 2017 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic surfaces have been considered as preferable property for desalination
by membrane distillation (MD). Highly porous and intrinsically superhydrophobic PVDF …

Hydrophilic hierarchical carbon with TiO2 nanofiber membrane for high separation efficiency of dye and oil-water emulsion

K Venkatesh, G Arthanareeswaran, AC Bose… - Separation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hierarchical carbon hybrid materials have gained more attention in recent times especially
in the separation of pollutants from wastewater. In this study, a novel ternary composite of …

Scalable weaving of resilient membranes with on-demand superwettability for high-performance nanoemulsion separations

Y Wang, LF Villalobos, L Liang, B Zhu, J Li, C Chen… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
This study leverages the ancient craft of weaving to prepare membranes that can effectively
treat oil/water mixtures, specifically challenging nanoemulsions. Drawing inspiration from …

Evaluation of self-cleaning performance of the modified g-C3N4 and GO based PVDF membrane toward oil-in-water separation under visible-light

Y Shi, J Huang, G Zeng, W Cheng, J Hu, L Shi, K Yi - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic membranes (PMs), coupling of membrane filtration and photocatalysis, have
exhibited the potential for application in the wastewater treatment. In this study, we firstly …

Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes/titanium oxide-PVDF nanofiber membrane for effective separation of oil/water …

K Venkatesh, G Arthanareeswaran, AC Bose… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the major environmental issues that require immediate attention is the removal of oil
from wastewater, which is released mostly due to rapid industrialization, oil spillages, and …