Inorganic scaling in membrane desalination: models, mechanisms, and characterization methods

J Rolf, T Cao, X Huang, C Boo, Q Li… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Inorganic scaling caused by precipitation of sparingly soluble salts at supersaturation is a
common but critical issue, limiting the efficiency of membrane-based desalination and brine …

Unlocking the secret of lignin-enzyme interactions: Recent advances in developing state-of-the-art analytical techniques

X Zhao, X Meng, AJ Ragauskas, C Lai, Z Ling… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioconversion of renewable lignocellulosics to produce liquid fuels and chemicals is one of
the most effective ways to solve the problem of fossil resource shortage, energy security, and …

Studying soft interfaces with shear waves: Principles and applications of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM)

D Johannsmann, A Langhoff, C Leppin - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The response of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM, also: QCM-D for “QCM with
Dissipation monitoring”) to loading with a diverse set of samples is reviewed in a consistent …

Predominant effect of material surface hydrophobicity on gypsum scale formation

X Huang, C Li, K Zuo, Q Li - Environmental Science & Technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Scale formation is an important challenge in water and wastewater treatment systems.
However, due to the complex nature of membrane surfaces, the effects of specific membrane …

A point-of-care immunosensor based on a quartz crystal microbalance with graphene biointerface for antibody assay

P Hampitak, TA Jowitt, D Melendrez, M Fresquet… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present a sensitive and low-cost immunoassay, based on a customized open-source
quartz crystal microbalance coupled with graphene biointerface sensors (G-QCM), to …

Challenges and current advances in in vitro biofilm characterization

Y Zhang, P Young, D Traini, M Li, HX Ong… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biofilms are structured communities of bacterial cells encased in a self‐produced polymeric
matrix, which develop over time and exhibit temporal responses to stimuli from internal …

Hollow molecularly imprinted polymer based quartz crystal microbalance sensor for rapid detection of methimazole in food samples

X Zhao, Y He, Y Wang, S Wang, J Wang - Food chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel detection method of methimazole was proposed based on the hollow
molecularly imprinted quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor, in which the hollow …

Pentiptycene Polymer/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Complexes: Applications in Benzene, Toluene, and o-Xylene Detection

SXL Luo, CJ Lin, KH Ku, K Yoshinaga, TM Swager - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
We report the dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) using pentiptycene
polymers and their use in chemiresistance-based and QCM-D sensors. Poly (p-phenylene …

Metallocalix[4]arene Polymers for Gravimetric Detection of N-Nitrosodialkylamines

RQ Lu, W Yuan, RG Croy, JM Essigmann… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
N-Nitrosamines are found in food, drugs, air, water, and soil. They pose a significant risk to
human health because of their carcinogenicity; consequently, materials that can be used to …

Microalgae cell adhesions on hydrophobic membrane substrates using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation

Y Liao, P Fatehi, B Liao - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgal cell adhesion and biofilm formation are affected by interactions between
microalgae strains and membrane materials. Variations of surface properties of microalgae …