Currently, nanofiltration (NF) membranes are playing a vital role in various applications.
However, several challenges remain in their applications such as difficulty in controlling …

The presence of nano and microplastics in water has increasingly become a major
environmental challenge. A key challenge in their detection resides in the relatively …

Membrane bioreactor (MBR) is regarded as the state-of-the-art technology in separation
processes. Surface modification techniques play a critical role in improving the conventional …

Surface modification of polysulfone (PSf) surface, via acrylic acid (AA) surface graft
polymerization, induced by atmospheric pressure Air plasma (Air APP) surface treatment …

Abstract Plasma processing, eg, functionalisation and deposition of antibacterial coatings, is
often used to enhance surface properties of biomaterials. Plasma is, however, a non-uniform …

This paper reports the first surface modification of polyetherimide (PEI) ultrafiltration
membranes using low-pressure air plasma-treated surfaces to induce acrylic acid (AA) graft …

Antifouling coatings are critical for many biomedical devices. A simple and universal
technique used to anchor antifouling polymers is important in order to expand its …

Poly aryl sulfone (PAS) polymers are important as a commercial engineering class of
polymers due to their superb physicochemical properties, extensively used for fabricating …

Membrane technology for industrial gas separation was begun in the 1980s and has shown
significant advantages over conventional techniques such as cryogenic distillation and …

CO 2-philic brush-type poly (poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate)(poly
(PEGMA)) was fabricated onto microporous polysulfone (PSf) substrates by ultraviolet …