Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global
population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water …

Membrane-based separations for water purification and desalination have been
increasingly applied to address the global challenges of water scarcity and the pollution of …

One of the greatest challenges to the sustainability of modern society is an inadequate
supply of clean water. Due to its energy-saving and cost-effective features, membrane …

Polymeric membranes are an energy‐efficient means of purifying water, but they suffer from
fouling during filtration. Modification of the membrane surface is one route to mitigating …

The utilization of osmosis for engineered applications sparked off various emerging
technologies relying on osmotically driven membrane processes (ODMPs). Represented by …

Fouling of ultrafiltration (UF) and microfiltration (MF) membranes by proteins is a major
challenge in the bioprocessing and dairy industries, as well as in surface and wastewater …

Since the advent of thin-film composite polyamide membranes brought forth a breakthrough
in desalination and water purification membranes nearly half a century ago, recent years …

Ultrafiltration (UF) is one of the best options for both one-stage and as part of multi-stage
water and wastewater purification. This review summarises the known facts about the fouling …

During the last decades, the interest of using membrane technology has emerged in
wastewater treatment as well as drinking water and process water production. However, the …

The methods and mechanisms of nonsolvent induced phase separation have been studied
for more than fifty years. Today, phase inversion membranes are widely used in numerous …