Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) is the key technology driving an energy-efficient and
cost-effective desalination process. At the center of this technology are the thin film …

The development of thin-film nanocomposite (TFNC) membranes utilizing nanoparticles
present remarkable opportunity in the desalination industry. This review offers a …

Precise and ultrafast ion sieving is highly desirable for many applications in environment‐,
energy‐, and resource‐related fields. The development of a permselective lamellar …

The two-dimensional (2D) lamellar membrane assembly technique shows substantial
potential for sustainable desalination applications. However, the relatively wide and size …

Carbon nanomaterials are robust and possess fascinating properties useful for separation
technology applications, but their scalability and high salt rejection when in a strong cross …

An emerging class of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), in particular graphene-based materials
and carbon nanotubes, has been extensively studied for its extraordinary water transport …

The conventional blending fabrication for thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes is to
disperse porous fillers in aqueous/organic phases prior to interfacial polymerization, and the …

Aromatic polyamide has emerged as the most prominent material for thin film composite
(TFC) reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes. However, these membranes are …

Thin film nanocomposite (TFN) has been shown as a promising platform to further increase
water permeability of commercial polyamide membrane in reverse osmosis (RO) …

As a newly emerging 2‐dimensional (2‐D) material with sub‐nanometer thickness,
graphene oxide (GO) has been widely studied either as a pure/skeleton membrane material …