Nanocomposite membranes for water separation and purification: Fabrication, modification, and applications

MR Esfahani, SA Aktij, Z Dabaghian… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water pollution is one of the greatest challenges around the world. Nanocomposite
membranes are a promising modified version of traditional polymeric membranes for water …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive review of polymeric nanocomposite membranes application for water treatment

U Hani - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Contamination of water has been reported to be a serious environmental challenge.
Therefore, development of novel technologies to tackle this issue is of fundamental …

Effect of particle size and viscosity on thermal conductivity enhancement of graphene oxide nanofluid

MR Esfahani, EM Languri, MR Nunna - International Communications in …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, first, graphene oxide nanosheets were synthesized based on the modified
Hummers methods. The physicochemical properties of fabricated graphene oxide were …

Polymer-based devices and remediation strategies for emerging contaminants in water

S Alipoori, H Rouhi, E Linn, H Stumpfl… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The capturing of water contaminants and the remediation of water bodies is an important
concern to human health due to severe side effects of contaminants on the body such as …

Effects of a dual nanofiller, nano-TiO2 and MWCNT, for polysulfone-based nanocomposite membranes for water purification

MR Esfahani, JL Tyler, HA Stretz, MJM Wells - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Polysulfone/nano-TiO 2/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) ultrafiltration
membranes with variable nanoparticle (NP) ratios (total filler content at 1%(w/w)) were …

A review on the nanofiltration process for treating wastewaters from the petroleum industry

S Jafarinejad, MR Esfahani - Separations, 2021 - mdpi.com
Activities and/or processes in different segments of the petroleum industry, including
upstream and downstream, generate aqueous waste streams containing oil and various …

Poly (vinylidene fluoride)/polyaniline/MWCNT nanocomposite ultrafiltration membrane for natural organic matter removal

B Hudaib, V Gomes, J Shi, C Zhou, Z Liu - Separation and Purification …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT)/polyaniline (PANI)/poly (vinylidene
fluoride)(PVDF) ultrafiltration membrane was prepared by the phase inversion technique …

Cu-MOF-polydopamine-incorporated functionalized nanofiltration membranes for water treatment: effect of surficial adhesive modification techniques

ZJ Parkerson, T Le, P Das, SN Mahmoodi… - ACS ES&T …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been used for different applications in water treatment.
In this work, we studied two facile surficial adhesive functionalization processes using …

The impact of PET microplastic fibres on PVDF ultrafiltration performance–A short-term assessment of MP fouling in simple and complex matrices

C Hachemi, M Enfrin, AO Rashed, V Jegatheesan… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are key components for the capture of microplastics
(MPs) before they are released into natural waterways. Removal efficiencies as high as 99 …

Abiotic reversible self-assembly of fulvic and humic acid aggregates in low electrolytic conductivity solutions by dynamic light scattering and zeta potential …

MR Esfahani, HA Stretz, MJM Wells - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
The aggregation of humic substances and their interaction with filtration media (membranes,
soils) has implications for our understanding of membrane fouling during water treatment …