Emerging desalination technologies: Current status, challenges and future trends

FE Ahmed, A Khalil, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging technologies present many new possibilities for diversifying the desalination
industry, which is currently dominated by thermal desalination, and reverse osmosis. In this …

Forward osmosis membranes and processes: A comprehensive review of research trends and future outlook

W Suwaileh, N Pathak, H Shon, N Hilal - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, Forward Osmosis (FO) desalination process has been widely investigated
as a potential technology that could minimize the drawbacks of traditional desalination …

Recent advances of nanocomposite membranes using layer-by-layer assembly

C Wang, MJ Park, H Yu, H Matsuyama, E Drioli… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly is a versatile technology with the ability to produce
charged thin film active layers by absorbing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes or …

Non-ionic surfactants for stabilization of polymeric nanoparticles for biomedical uses

H Cortés, H Hernández-Parra, SA Bernal-Chávez… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Surfactants are essential in the manufacture of polymeric nanoparticles by emulsion
formation methods and to preserve the stability of carriers in liquid media. The deposition of …

Fabrication of electrospun polymer nanofibers with diverse morphologies

C Wang, J Wang, L Zeng, Z Qiao, X Liu, H Liu, J Zhang… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fiber structures with nanoscale diameters offer many fascinating features, such as excellent
mechanical properties and high specific surface areas, making them attractive for many …

Functionalized electrospun nanofiber membranes for water treatment: A review

H Chen, M Huang, Y Liu, L Meng, M Ma - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofiber membranes (ENMs) have high porosity, high specific surface area
and unique interconnected structure. It has huge advantages and potential in the treatment …

Ultrathin thin-film composite polyamide membranes constructed on hydrophilic poly (vinyl alcohol) decorated support toward enhanced nanofiltration performance

X Zhu, X Cheng, X Luo, Y Liu, D Xu… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Traditional polyamide-based interfacial polymerized nanofiltration (NF) membranes exhibit
upper bound features between water permeance and salt selectivity. Breaking the limits of …

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 …

The impact of relative humidity on electrospun polymer fibers: From structural changes to fiber morphology

PK Szewczyk, U Stachewicz - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is one of the most important methods used for the production of
nanostructured materials. Electrospun nanofibers are used in a wide spectrum of …

Polyvinyl alcohol-based separation membranes: a comprehensive review on fabrication techniques, applications and future prospective

V Vatanpour, OO Teber, M Mehrabi, I Koyuncu - Materials Today Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane-based systems clearly give a proper solution to the ever-increasing demand for
clean water and energy. Polymeric membranes are still employed in energy, filtration, and a …