Nanofiltration membranes with crumpled polyamide films: a critical review on mechanisms, performances, and environmental applications

S Shao, F Zeng, L Long, X Zhu, LE Peng… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been widely applied in many important environmental
applications, including water softening, surface/groundwater purification, wastewater …

A critical review on porous substrates of TFC polyamide membranes: Mechanisms, membrane performances, and future perspectives

LE Peng, Z Yang, L Long, S Zhou, H Guo… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes commonly adopt a thin film composite
(TFC) structure featuring a polyamide rejection layer formed on a porous substrate. Recent …

A critical review on thin-film nanocomposite membranes with interlayered structure: mechanisms, recent developments, and environmental applications

Z Yang, PF Sun, X Li, B Gan, L Wang… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The separation properties of polyamide reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes,
widely applied for desalination and water reuse, are constrained by the permeability …

Maximizing the right stuff: The trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity

HB Park, J Kamcev, LM Robeson, M Elimelech… - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Synthetic membranes are used for desalination, dialysis, sterile filtration,
food processing, dehydration of air and other industrial, medical, and environmental …

Carbon nanotube interlayer enhances water permeance and antifouling performance of nanofiltration membranes: mechanisms and experimental evidence

L Long, C Wu, Z Yang, CY Tang - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Interlayered thin-film nanocomposite (TFNi) membranes have been shown to achieve
enhanced water permeance as a result of the gutter effect. Nevertheless, some studies …

Water transport through ultrathin polyamide nanofilms used for reverse osmosis

Z Jiang, S Karan, AG Livingston - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thin‐film composite membranes comprising a polyamide nanofilm separating layer on a
support material are state of the art for desalination by reverse osmosis. Nanofilm thickness …

Mechanistic insights into the role of polydopamine interlayer toward improved separation performance of polyamide nanofiltration membranes

Z Yang, F Wang, H Guo, LE Peng, X Ma… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Interlayered thin-film nanocomposite membranes (TFNi) are an emerging type of
membranes with great potential to overcome the permeability–selectivity upper bound of …

Recent advances of the interfacial polymerization process in gas separation membranes fabrication

C Ge, M Sheng, Y Yuan, F Shi, Y Yang, S Zhao… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the growing global warming and energy issues, gas separation like carbon capture and
hydrogen purification are becoming increasingly important. Membrane separation …

Fabrication of novel thin-film nanocomposite polyamide membrane by the interlayer approach: A review

T Xie, F Li, K Chen, S Zhao, Y Chen, H Sun, P Li… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane based on polyamide (PA) chemistry was widely
applied for water purification and desalination process due to the improved water …

Towards sustainable ultrafast molecular-separation membranes: from conventional polymers to emerging materials

XQ Cheng, ZX Wang, X Jiang, T Li, CH Lau… - Progress in Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ultrafast molecular separation (UMS) membranes are highly selective towards active
organic molecules such as antibiotics, amino acids and proteins that are 0.5–5 nm wide …