Water desalination using nanocelluloses/cellulose derivatives based membranes for sustainable future

AK Rana, VK Gupta, AK Saini, SI Voicu… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Seawater desalination by utilizing a membrane-based technology is a crucial step to
overcome the freshwater shortage in some regions of the world. However, the durability and …

Advances in drug delivery nanosystems using graphene-based materials and carbon nanotubes

J Jampilek, K Kralova - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbon is one of the most abundant elements on Earth. In addition to the well-known
crystallographic modifications such as graphite and diamond, other allotropic carbon …

Fabrication and characterization of superhydrophilic graphene-based electrospun membranes for efficient oil-water separation

L Francis, S Mohammed, R Hashaikeh… - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research article investigates the fabrication of superhydrophilic graphene-based
electrospun membranes for efficient oil-water separation. The study utilizes cellulose acetate …

Cellulose nanofibrils–graphene hybrids: recent advances in fabrication, properties, and applications

D Trache, AF Tarchoun, A Abdelaziz, W Bessa… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
With the fast-developing social economy and the acceleration of industrialization, seeking
effective renewable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly resources that show …

Progress and prospects of nanocellulose-based membranes for desalination and water treatment

A Saud, H Saleem, SJ Zaidi - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Membrane-based desalination has proved to be the best solution for solving the water
shortage issues globally. Membranes are extremely beneficial in the effective recovery of …

Nanofiltration performance of glutaraldehyde crosslinked graphene oxide-cellulose nanofiber membrane

S Mohammed, HM Hegab, R Ou - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanofibers have been widely used in membrane fabrication due to their unique
structure, hydrophilicity, sustainability, facile surface modification, and low cost. In this study …

Finely tuning the microporosity in phosphoric acid doped triptycene-containing polybenzimidazole membranes for highly permselective helium and hydrogen recovery

Y Jiao, M Liu, Q Wu, P Zheng, W Xu, B Ye… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-performance polymer membranes with well-defined microporosity and size-sieving
ability are especially attractive for helium and hydrogen recovery. Here we report novel …

Mechanistic insights into the selective mass-transport and fabrication of holey graphene-based membranes for water purification applications

HM Hegab, P Kallem, RP Pandey, M Ouda… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Graphene (Gr) and its derivative nanomaterials enable a novel approach to manipulate
selective mass transport mechanisms at the sub-nanoscale level. These nanomaterials can …

[HTML][HTML] Multilayer two-dimensional lignin/ZnO composites with excellent anti-UV aging properties for polymer films

L Zhang, Y Wang, D Yang, H Wang, W Liu… - Green Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin is a kind of natural green polymer with abundant active functional groups and
designable molecular structure. In this work, the quaternized lignosulfonate (QLS) with …

Fabrication of thin film composite membranes on nanozeolite modified support layer for tailored nanofiltration performance

S Mohammed, H Nassrullah, J Aburabie, R Hashaikeh - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thin-film composite (TFC) structure has been widely employed in polymeric membrane
fabrication to achieve superior performance for desalination and water treatment. In …