Patterned membranes for improving hydrodynamic properties and mitigating membrane fouling in water treatment: a review

Q Wang, W Lin, S Chou, P Dai, X Huang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane technologies have been widely applied in water treatment over the past few
decades. However, membrane fouling remains a hinderance for the widespread use of …

Recent advances in nature-inspired antifouling membranes for water purification

X Zhang, J Ma, J Zheng, R Dai, X Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane separation technologies have been widely used for water purification. However,
membrane fouling, which arises from unwanted deposition and adhesion of foulants …

The behavior of suspensions and macromolecular solutions in crossflow microfiltration: An update

JW Chew, J Kilduff, G Belfort - Journal of Membrane Science, 2020 - Elsevier
More than two decades after the highly-cited review on microfiltration of suspensions and
macromolecular solutions, it is time to revisit and update the fundamentals and applications …

Enhancing ultrafiltration membrane permeability and antifouling performance through surface patterning with features resembling feed spacers

Y Ibrahim, N Hilal - npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
This study investigates the potential of surface-patterned membranes in replacing the
conventional feed spacer-assisted filtration process. Two types of surface patterns, namely …

Designing sustainable membrane-based water treatment via fouling control through membrane interface engineering and process developments

A Ilyas, IFJ Vankelecom - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane-based water treatment processes have been established as a powerful
approach for clean water production. However, despite the significant advances made in …

Surface-patterning of polymeric membranes: fabrication and performance

O Heinz, M Aghajani, AR Greenberg, Y Ding - Current opinion in chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Surface patterning of polymer membranes can be an effective strategy to improve
the device performances.•Both porous and dense membranes can be patterned via …

Synthesis of patterned PVDF ultrafiltration membranes: Spray-modified non-solvent induced phase separation

A Ilyas, M Mertens, S Oyaert, IFJ Vankelecom - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Patterned membranes have been attractive for the mitigation of fouling in membrane
processes, but existing patterning methods are rather in-effective in terms of scalability and …

Sharkskin-mimetic desalination membranes with ultralow biofouling

W Choi, C Lee, D Lee, YJ Won, GW Lee… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Biofouling is a pervasive problem for any materials that are exposed to aquatic
environments. Especially, it is a dire problem for the desalination membranes used to …

State-of-the-art surface patterned membranes fabrication and applications: A review of the current status and future directions

S Zare, A Kargari - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Foulants build-up on the membrane surface followed by polarization is considered to be one
of the most critical issues that have limited the application of membranes in different …

Fouling issues in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) for wastewater treatment: major mechanisms, prevention and control strategies

PK Gkotsis, DC Banti, EN Peleka, AI Zouboulis… - Processes, 2014 - mdpi.com
Membrane fouling is one of the most important considerations in the design and operation of
membrane systems as it affects pretreatment needs, cleaning requirements, operating …