Nanoscale strategies to enhance the energy storage capacity of polymeric dielectric capacitors: review of recent advances

M Singh, IE Apata, S Samant, W Wu, BV Tawade… - Polymer …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This review provides a detailed overview of the latest developments using nanoscale
strategies in the field of polymeric and polymer nanocomposite materials for emerging …

Recent progress in non-photolithographic patterning of polymer thin films

M Qiu, W Du, S Zhou, P Cai, Y Luo, X Wang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Patterned polymer thin films are essential components in many devices and applications
owing to the multi-functionality, flexibility, lightweight and cost-efficiency. Unfortunately …

Membrane distillation: recent technological developments and advancements in membrane materials

A Hussain, A Janson, JM Matar, S Adham - Emergent Materials, 2022 - Springer
Membrane distillation (MD) is a novel desalination technology that has potential to produce
distilled quality water from high salinity brine streams. The driving force for MD is the vapor …

Ultrafiltration membranes prepared via mixed solvent phase separation with enhanced performance for produced water treatment

RA Nuaimi, RL Thankamony, X Liu, L Cao… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrafiltration (UF) is a promising membrane process to remove surfactant-stabilized oil
emulsions from produced water (PW). However, UF membranes prepared by conventional …

The separation of oil/water mixtures by modified melamine and polyurethane foams: A review

SM Hailan, D Ponnamma, I Krupa - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melamine (MA) and polyurethane (PU) foams, including both commercial sponges for daily
use as well as newly synthesized foams are known for their high sorption ability of both polar …

Recent progress in flax fiber-based functional composites

H Li, R Tang, J Dai, Z Wang, S Meng, X Zhang… - Advanced fiber …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, flax fiber as a green and renewable resources have attracted considerable
attention to be used as reinforcement in composites, using various technology. This review …

Fabrication of nanodevices through block copolymer self-assembly

XH Hu, S Xiong - Frontiers in Nanotechnology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly, as a novel bottom-up patterning technique, has
received increasing attention in the manufacture of nanodevices because of its significant …

[HTML][HTML] Validation and application of a membrane filtration evaluation protocol for oil-water separation

M Al-Maas, A Hussain, JM Matar, D Ponnamma… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane filtration processes like microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) are proven to
be effective in industrial wastewater treatment, including oil-water separation, as they …

[HTML][HTML] Degradable block copolymer-derived nanoporous membranes and their applications

Y Zhai, C Li, L Gao - Giant, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoporous membranes exhibit wide applications in the fields of energy, environmental,
and analytical science. Among all nanoporous membrane materials, degradable block …

Control of Phase Morphology of Binary Polymer Grafted Nanoparticle Blend Films via Direct Immersion Annealing

W Wu, M Singh, A Masud, X Wang, A Nallapaneni… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
While the phase separation of binary mixtures of chemically different polymer-grafted
nanoparticles (PGNPs) is observed to superficially resemble conventional polymer blends …