Recent advances in cellulose and chitosan based membranes for water purification: A concise review

VK Thakur, SI Voicu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
Recently membrane technology has emerged as a new promising and pervasive technology
due to its innate advantages over traditional technologies such as adsorption, distillation …

Polysulfone functionalized membranes: Properties and challenges

OS Serbanescu, SI Voicu, VK Thakur - Materials today chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the most important polymers for membranes manufacturing is Polysulfone because of
its remarkable properties, like chemical stability, mechanical and thermal properties, and …

Thin film composite membranes embedded with graphene oxide for water desalination

MEA Ali, L Wang, X Wang, X Feng - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
This work deals with thin film composite membranes prepared from m-phenylenediamine
and 1, 3, 5-benzenetricarbonyl chloride by interfacial polymerization on the surface of a …

Fundamentals and scopes of doped carbon nanotubes towards energy and biosensing applications

A Muhulet, F Miculescu, SI Voicu, F Schütt… - Materials today …, 2018 - Elsevier
Since their first allusion, carbon nanotubes have attracted significant research interest,
especially with respect to composite manufacturing as a filler material for enhancing their …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing the power of metal-organic frameworks to develop microplastic fouling resistant forward osmosis membranes

M Golgoli, J Farahbakhsh, AH Asif, M Khiadani… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the gradual increase of microplastics (MPs) in water and wastewater streams, it is
imperative to investigate their removal using tertiary treatment systems to minimize and …

Fabrication of the polysulfone-based composite ultrafiltration membranes for the adsorptive removal of heavy metal ions from their contaminated aqueous solutions

S Mondal, SK Majumder - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The polysulfone-based ultrafiltration membranes were synthesized by the phase inversion
method with the varying ratios of composites for the efficient removal of heavy metal ions …

Synthesis and characterization of pla-micro-structured hydroxyapatite composite films

AM Pandele, A Constantinescu, IC Radu, F Miculescu… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article presents a facile synthesis method used to obtain new composite films based on
polylactic acid and micro-structured hydroxyapatite particles. The composite films were …

Graphene‐based polymer nanocomposite membranes: a review

M Miculescu, VK Thakur, F Miculescu… - Polymers for …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ever since the discovery of graphene, its potential has been predicted for a number of
applications in various fields such as electronics, sensors, environmental decontamination …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene and functionalized graphene: Extraordinary prospects for nanobiocomposite materials

M Ioniţă, GM Vlăsceanu, AA Watzlawek, SI Voicu… - Composites Part B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Graphene research, already prized, is nonetheless challenged to provide material
advantages that bring about unique and novel applications rather than simply an improved …

Antimicrobial films based on nanocomposites of chitosan/poly (vinyl alcohol)/graphene oxide for biomedical applications

S Ruiz, JA Tamayo, J Delgado Ospina… - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Today, tissue regeneration is one of the greatest challenges in the field of medicine, since it
represents hope after accidents or illnesses. Tissue engineering is the science based on …