Polymeric membranes are an energy‐efficient means of purifying water, but they suffer from
fouling during filtration. Modification of the membrane surface is one route to mitigating …

Fouling of ultrafiltration (UF) and microfiltration (MF) membranes by proteins is a major
challenge in the bioprocessing and dairy industries, as well as in surface and wastewater …

Despite more than a decade of worldwide research on membrane fouling in membrane
bioreactors (MBRs), many questions still remain unanswered. In the light of the complexity of …

The development of novel polymer membranes is a fascinating and challenging field in
materials science and technology, as both the chemical composition and the processing …

Robust and electrically conductive thin films (2500 S/m) made of cross-linked poly (vinyl
alcohol) and carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (PVA–CNT–COOH) were …

This study focused on the effects of membrane pore size and surface hydrophobicity on
ultrafiltration (UF) membrane fouling caused by extracellular organic matter (EOM) from …

Thin film deposition (TFD) allows for precise tuning of the chemical and physical properties
of a membrane to improve performance, including the selectivity, flux, chemical resistance …

Immobilization of enzymes is beneficial in terms of improving the process economics by
enabling enzyme re-use and enhancing overall productivity and robustness. Increasingly …

Polymeric hydrogels are a most interesting class of “soft matter” with several established and
many more possible applications as functional materials. In this review we will focus on the …

Several commercially available organic materials have frequently been used as surrogates
for surface water natural organic matter (NOM) and for wastewater effluent organic matter …