A realistic approach for determining the pore size distribution of nanofiltration membranes

B Sutariya, S Karan - Separation and Purification Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
High flux nanofiltration (NF) membranes with tunable molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) are
desired for energy-efficient separation processes in many industries. The separation …

Proton exchange membranes for fuel cells operated at medium temperatures: Materials and experimental techniques

AC Dupuis - Progress in Materials Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Given the energy problem that our society is facing, interest has been growing in the so-
called hydrogen economy. In this system, fuel cells play an essential part. This paper gives …

Water desalination through zeolitic imidazolate framework membranes: significant role of functional groups

KM Gupta, K Zhang, J Jiang - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
A molecular simulation study is reported for water desalination through five zeolitic
imidazolate framework (ZIF) membranes, namely ZIF-25,-71,-93,-96, and-97. The five ZIFs …

Multimodal confined water dynamics in reverse osmosis polyamide membranes

F Foglia, B Frick, M Nania, AG Livingston… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
While polyamide (PA) membranes are widespread in water purification and desalination by
reverse osmosis, a molecular-level understanding of the dynamics of both confined water …

Advanced characterization in clean water technologies

SE Bone, HG Steinrück, MF Toney - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Desalination technologies, which remove solutes from water, are essential to the purification
of water for agricultural and industrial purposes and for potable use. While a variety of …

Promoting the efficiency of tetracycline removal from tap water with commercial NF membranes via a facile post-treatment

Y Zong, S Su, R Zhang, Y Sun, J Tian… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
How to simultaneously improve the water permeance and antibiotics/minerals selectivity is
one of the key issues for promoting the efficiency of drinking water treatment with …

Understanding water and ion transport behaviour and permeability through poly (amide) thin film composite membrane

W Gao, F She, J Zhang, LF Dumée, L He… - Journal of Membrane …, 2015 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) together with the adaptive biasing force (ABF) and metadynamics
free energy calculation methods was used to investigate the permeation properties of salt …

Techniques for characterization of polyamide thin film composite membranes

PS Singh, AP Rao, P Ray, A Bhattacharya, K Singh… - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
Thin film composite reverse osmosis (TFC RO) membranes (1m breadth× 90m length) were
prepared by coating polyamide active layer over a porous polysulfone membrane using …

Synchrotron SAXS to probe cross-linked network of polyamide 'reverse osmosis' and 'nanofiltration'membranes

PS Singh, P Ray, Z Xie, M Hoang - Journal of membrane science, 2012 - Elsevier
A typical 'reverse osmosis'(RO) or 'nanofiltration'(NF) polyamide cross-linked structure is
formed by interfacial reaction between an aqueous solution of m-phenylene diamine (or …

Understanding the transport mechanism of seawater through FMOF-1 and its derivative via molecular dynamics simulation

E Chen, L Jia, C Chen, F Huang, L Zhang - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
The instability of most metal organic frameworks (MOFs) in water limits their application in
seawater desalination. The fluorinated metal organic framework has a suitable pore size …