Design strategy of poly (vinylidene fluoride) membranes for water treatment

D Zou, YM Lee - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of facile, benign and energy-efficient water treatment technologies to
produce clean water presents a major societal challenge. Membrane-based separation …

Regulating the interfacial polymerization process toward high-performance polyamide thin-film composite reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes: A review

X Li, Z Wang, X Han, Y Liu, C Wang, F Yan… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF)
membranes are the core elements for the membrane-based desalination technologies …

Fabrication of scaffolds for bone-tissue regeneration

P Chocholata, V Kulda, V Babuska - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The present article describes the state of the art in the rapidly developing field of bone tissue
engineering, where many disciplines, such as material science, mechanical engineering …

A review on porous polymeric membrane preparation. Part I: production techniques with polysulfone and poly (vinylidene fluoride)

XM Tan, D Rodrigue - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Porous polymeric membranes have emerged as the core technology in the field of
separation. But some challenges remain for several methods used for membrane …

Recent advances in polymer membranes employing non-toxic solvents and materials

D Zou, SP Nunes, IFJ Vankelecom, A Figoli… - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer membranes have attracted interest in many areas, such as desalination, water
treatment, gas separation, and energy storage and generation. Membrane fabrication …

Polymers and solvents used in membrane fabrication: a review focusing on sustainable membrane development

X Dong, D Lu, TAL Harris, IC Escobar - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Different methods have been applied to fabricate polymeric membranes with non-solvent
induced phase separation (NIPS) being one of the mostly widely used. In NIPS, a solvent or …

On the solubility and stability of polyvinylidene fluoride

JE Marshall, A Zhenova, S Roberts, T Petchey, P Zhu… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
This literature review covers the solubility and processability of fluoropolymer polyvinylidine
fluoride (PVDF). Fluoropolymers consist of a carbon backbone chain with multiple …

Recent advances of polymer-based piezoelectric composites for biomedical applications

F Mokhtari, B Azimi, M Salehi, S Hashemikia… - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, electronics have become central to many aspects of biomedicine
and wearable device technologies as a promising personalized healthcare platform. Lead …

Toward the next generation of sustainable membranes from green chemistry principles

W Xie, T Li, A Tiraferri, E Drioli, A Figoli… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Large-scale membrane technology has been widely implemented and rapidly growing for
roughly 40 years. However, considering its entire life cycle, there are aspects being …

Porous membranes in secondary battery technologies

W Lu, Z Yuan, Y Zhao, H Zhang, H Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Secondary batteries have received huge attention due to their attractive features in
applications of large-scale energy storage and portable electronic devices, as well as …