Engineering antifouling reverse osmosis membranes: A review

S Zhao, Z Liao, A Fane, J Li, C Tang, C Zheng, J Lin… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, water scarcity and security have significantly stimulated the
advances of reverse osmosis (RO) technology, which dominates the global desalination …

A review of reverse osmosis membrane fouling and control strategies

S Jiang, Y Li, BP Ladewig - Science of the total environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology is one of the most important technologies for
water treatment. However, membrane fouling is an inevitable issue. Membrane fouling leads …

Ongoing progress on novel nanocomposite membranes for the separation of heavy metals from contaminated water

R Castro-Muñoz, LL González-Melgoza… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Membranes, as the primary separation element of membrane-based processes, have
greatly attracted the attention of researchers in several water treatment applications …

Cutting edge development on graphene derivatives modified by liquid crystal and CdS/TiO2 hybrid matrix: optoelectronics and biotechnological aspects

K Pal, A Si, GS El-Sayyad, MA Elkodous… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Two dimensional (2D) graphene and its derivatives modification with nanomaterials for
formation of hybrid/nanocomposites undergo stimulus-induced optical and electrical …

A review on graphene-based nanomaterials in biomedical applications and risks in environment and health

TP Dasari Shareena, D McShan, AK Dasmahapatra… - Nano-micro letters, 2018 - Springer
Graphene-based nanomaterials (GBNs) have attracted increasing interests of the scientific
community due to their unique physicochemical properties and their applications in …

Graphene oxide and carbon dots as broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents–a minireview

A Anand, B Unnikrishnan, SC Wei, CP Chou… - Nanoscale …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the increasing global population, growing contamination of water and air, and wide
spread of infectious diseases, antibiotics are extensively used as a major antibacterial drug …

Recent advances in polymer and polymer composite membranes for reverse and forward osmosis processes

D Li, Y Yan, H Wang - Progress in polymer science, 2016 - Elsevier
Semipermeable membranes are the core elements for membrane water desalination
technologies such as commercial reverse osmosis (RO) process and emerging forward …

Recent advances in functionalized polymer membranes for biofouling control and mitigation in forward osmosis

MD Firouzjaei, SF Seyedpour, SA Aktij… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) is an osmotically driven process widely studied for water desalination,
wastewater treatment, and water reuse, as well as dilution and concentration of aqueous …

[HTML][HTML] Progress of nanocomposite membranes for water treatment

C Ursino, R Castro-Muñoz, E Drioli, L Gzara… - Membranes, 2018 - mdpi.com
The use of membrane-based technologies has been applied for water treatment
applications; however, the limitations of conventional polymeric membranes have led to the …

The rapid emergence of two-dimensional nanomaterials for high-performance separation membranes

J Zhu, J Hou, A Uliana, Y Zhang, M Tian… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane-based nanotechnologies have gained growing attention in various separation
fields due to advantages such as high energy efficiency and ecofriendliness. However, the …