Membrane technologies have broad applications in the removal of contaminants from
drinking water and wastewater. In recent decades, ceramic membrane has made rapid …

Doping of nitrogen is a promising strategy to modulate chemical, electronic, and structural
functionalities of graphene (G) and graphene quantum dots (GQDs) for their outstanding …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs), which are a fascinating class of nanostructured carbons,
have recently attracted extensive attention in the field of membrane technologies for their …

Increasing water consumption and diminishing fresh water resources have created the need
for new water treatment technologies to supply safe water for domestic and industrial needs …

In this Focus Review, we put the spotlight on very recent insights into the fascinating world of
wet chemistry in the realm offered by nanoconfinement of water in mechanically rather rigid …

Clays are naturally occurring environment-friendly materials possessing high specific
surface area and good cation exchange capacity. Montmorillonite, one of the widely …

Dispersive micro-solid phase extraction (D-μ-SPE) as a new type of solid phase extraction
(SPE) is attractive for a variety of analytical applications including pre-concentration, clean …

Membrane-based separation technology has attracted great interest in many separation
fields due to its advantages of easy-operation, energy-efficiency, easy scale-up, and …

The preparation of membranes with high selectivity based on specific chemical properties
such as size and charge would impact the efficiency of the world's energy supply, the …

Graphene oxide (GO)-based nanofiltration membranes, featuring well-ordered microscopic
structure, well-defined 2D nanochannels and superior molecular sieving ability, have …