Hydrophobic membranes used in membrane distillation (MD) systems are often subject to
wetting during long-term operation. Thus, it is of great importance to fully understand factors …

Membrane distillation (MD) is a burgeoning membrane technology that has gained immense
interest among membrane scientists worldwide. Despite a slow start, both the theoretical …

Membrane distillation has shown great promises in desalinating various water streams.
Significant progresses have been made in the past decades owing to the development of …

Water is a critical component for humans to survive, especially in arid lands or areas where
fresh water is scarce. Hence, desalination is an excellent way to effectuate the increasing …

Membrane scaling is unavoidable when treating highly concentrated and even
supersaturated brine in the continuous membrane distillation (MD) process. Omniphobic …

Nanotechnology, in terms of nanomaterials eg nanoparticles, polymeric nanomaterials, 2D
nanosheets, or electrospun nanofibrous membranes, nanocomposites for desalination or …

Membrane fouling during the high salinity wastewater treatment is a critical bottleneck
restricting the sustainable application of membrane technologies. Developing advanced anti …

A hierarchically assembled superomniphobic membrane with three levels of reentrant
structure was designed and fabricated to enable effective treatment of low surface tension …

The emerging photothermal membrane distillation (PMD), which combines solar harvesting
and heat localization, has the potential to address the water-energy nexus. However, PMD …

In recent years, omniphobic membranes have drawn much attention due to the strong
repellence to various liquids. In this study, a PVDF composite membrane with omniphobic …