The fabrication of polyelectrolyte multilayer films (PEMs) using the Layer-by-Layer (LbL)
method is one of the most versatile approaches for manufacturing functional surfaces. This is …

Pressure-driven membranes-based desalination provides an effective and promising
strategy to deal with the worldwide fresh water crisis. However, some drawbacks are still …

A new type of nanocellulosic material has been prepared by high-pressure homogenization
of carboxymethylated cellulose fibers followed by ultrasonication and centrifugation. This …

Nanofiltration (NF) membranes operate with higher flux and lower energy requirements than
reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, and exhibit relatively low rejection and selectivity for …

The presence of antimicrobial contaminants like antibiotics in the environment is a major
concern because they promote the emergence and the spread of multidrug resistant …

We studied the properties of polyelectrolyte multilayer films prepared using the technique of
polyelectrolyte deposition from solution (dipping) or supplying the solutions to the surface by …

The sensitivity of zeta potential to the sign of the surface charge of membranes makes it an
interesting parameter for the characterization of layer-by-layer (Lbl) modified polyelectrolytes …

Polyelectrolyte (PE) multilayer films are surface structures obtained by sequential adsorption
of oppositely charged polymers. In the present work we focused on the influence of pH of the …

Graphene is a two-dimensional semiconducting material whose application for diagnostics
has been a real game-changer in terms of sensitivity and response time, variables of …

The surface roughness of layer-by-layer (LbL) polyelectrolytes is studied by atomic force
microscopy (AFM) and analyzed with novel methods including topological data analysis …