Significant roles of substrate properties in forward osmosis membrane performance: A review

M Kahrizi, RR Gonzales, L Kong, H Matsuyama, P Lu… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has gained considerable interest as an attractive membrane-based
desalination technology due to its reversible fouling and potentially low costs. Thin-film …

Membranes for desalination and dye separation: Are 2D materials better than polymers? A critical comparison

K Suvigya, S Lalita, K Gopinadhan - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract According to the World Water Development report released at the UN 2023 Water
Conference, there is an imminent risk of global water crisis. 2 billion people (26%) lack …

Ammonium enrichment and recovery from synthetic and real industrial wastewater by amine-modified thin film composite forward osmosis membranes

RR Gonzales, Y Sasaki, T Istirokhatun, J Li… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we aimed to recover and enrich NH 4+ from real wastewater using forward
osmosis (FO). Positively-charged thin film composite (TFC) membranes were developed via …

Fouling limitations of osmotic pressure‐driven processes and its remedial strategies: a review

SK Singh, A Maiti, A Pandey, N Jain… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The scarcity of freshwater is one of the major challenges to the civilized community around
the World. So, the various engineered processes have been developed for the remediation …

Engineered Janus cellulose membrane with the asymmetric-pore structure for the superhigh-water flux desalination

H Yuan, R Hao, H Sun, W Zeng, J Lin, S Lu, M Yu… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membranes are the dominant material for seawater desalination and clean-water
harvesting, which are commonly composed of synthetic polymers, showing low …

Phytic acid and ferric chloride compound additives-regulated interfacial polymerization for high-performance nanofiltration membrane

L Zhang, M Hu, Y Zhang, J Hou, M Zhang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
To balance the permeability-selectivity trade-off effect of the polyamide nanofiltration
membrane, interfacial polymerization regulation strategy is widely used to optimize the …

Gypsum scaling behavior of the tannic acid-coated polyamide reverse osmosis membrane

YH Chiao, M Hu, RR Gonzales, Z Yang… - ACS ES&T …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tannic acid modification on reverse osmosis (RO) polyamide membranes was explored,
and its influence on controlling membrane gypsum scaling was first investigated. Tannic …

Surface modification of thin film composite forward osmosis membrane using tris (2-aminoethyl) amine for enhanced ammonium recovery

J Li, RR Gonzales, R Takagi, X Yao, P Zhang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we aimed to develop a forward osmosis (FO) thin film composite (TFC)
membrane which could retain NH 4+ from wastewater. The conventional TFC membrane …

Improvement of osmosis performance by n-hexane rinse: A missing parameter when developing thin film composite membrane

X Wang, X Zhang, X Wen, Y Zhao - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of thin film composite (TFC) membrane is restricted by the inherent
permeability/selectivity trade-off. Comprehensive attempts have been made to break the …

Surface charge control of poly (methyl methacrylate-co-dimethyl aminoethyl methacrylate)-based membrane for improved fouling resistance

SY Wang, RR Gonzales, P Zhang, T Istirokhatun… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a new poly (methyl methacrylate-co-dimethyl aminoethyl methacrylate)(P (MMA-
co-DMAEMA))-based membrane was fabricated and modified to control surface charge in …