The ever-increasing oil spill accidents from industries and the daily life have caused serious
economic loss, destroyed the ecological environment and threatened human health. In order …

The development of membrane technology has proved vital in providing a sustainable and
affordable supply of clean water to address the ever-increasing demand. Though liquid …

Recent advancements in separation and membrane technologies have shown a great
potential in removing oil from wastewaters effectively. In addition, the capabilities have …

Polymeric membranes have been widely employed for water purification applications.
However, the trade-off issue between the selectivity and permeability has limited its use in …

Nanomaterials have emerged as the new future generation materials for high-performance
water treatment membranes with potential for solving the worldwide water pollution issue …

This paper demonstrates a stainless-steel (SS) nano-pyramid structure (diameter of~ 20–50
nm and pore size of 156.1 nm) sputter-coated on mixed cellulose ester (MCE) membrane for …

Membrane filtration is considered to be one of the most promising methods for oily
wastewater treatment. Because of their hydrophilic surface, ceramic membranes show less …

Separation membranes with super-wetting interface can mitigate adhesion between oil and
membrane, but fouling still persists and will reduce process efficiency. Here, super-wetting …

The use of the Janus motif in colloidal particles, ie, anisotropic surface properties on
opposite faces, has gained significant attention in the bottom-up assembly of novel …

Oil and gas production wells generate large volumes of water mixed with hydrocarbons
(dispersed and dissolved), salts (ions), and solids. This 'produced water'(PW) is a waste …