Review of functionalized nano porous membranes for desalination and water purification: MD simulations perspective

MG Günay, U Kemerli, C Karaman, O Karaman… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Today, it is known that most of the water sources in the world are either drying out or
contaminated. With the increasing population, the water demand is increasing drastically …

Holey graphene: an emerging versatile material

AC Lokhande, IA Qattan, CD Lokhande… - Journal of materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Holey graphene, also known as perforated graphene is formed by generating in-plane holes
in basal planes of graphene based materials. By exploiting the combined advantages of …

Two-dimensional (2D) nanoporous membranes with sub-nanopores in reverse osmosis desalination: Latest developments and future directions

GR Xu, JM Xu, HC Su, XY Liu, HL Zhao, HJ Feng… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Desalination provides an effective method to meet the worldwide freshwater crisis. Reverse
osmosis (RO) based on polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) membranes have …

The advent of graphene and other two-dimensional materials in membrane science and technology

A Gugliuzza, A Politano, E Drioli - Current opinion in chemical engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Two-dimensional materials could enable novel functionalities in membranes.•The
high thermal conductivity of graphene could be beneficial for membrane condensers.•The …

Molecular simulations on graphene-based membranes

C Sun, M Liu, B Bai - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
The graphene-based membranes, including nanoporous graphene and graphene oxide,
have been demonstrated to be very promising both in water purification and gas separation …

Coupling solute interactions with functionalized graphene membranes: Towards facile membrane-level engineering

V Arya, A Chaudhuri, C Bakli - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Optimizing ion transport through nanoporous graphene membranes with intricate
engineering at nanoscale levels finds applications ranging from ion segregation to …

Water desalination across functionalized silicon carbide nanosheet membranes: insights from molecular simulations

R Jafarzadeh, J Azamat, H Erfan-Niya - Structural Chemistry, 2020 - Springer
Desalination of seawater can be an effective way to access drinking water. In this study, the
performance of functionalized silicon carbide nanosheet (SiCNS) membranes for water …

Molecular dynamics simulation of electric field driven water and heavy metals transport through fluorinated carbon nanotubes

A Panahi, A Shomali, MH Sabour… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study the fluorinated carbon nanotubes (FCNTs) were analyzed to investigate the
proficiency of this type of functionalization on removal of heavy metals from water …

Graphene and CNT technology

AK Zulhairun, MS Abdullah, AF Ismail… - Current trends and future …, 2019 - Elsevier
This chapter provides an in-depth discussion on two most advanced carbon-based
nanostructured materials, graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), in respect to their …

Small angle x-ray scattering of nanoporous membranes: Effects of geometry and concentration

YW Shi, YY Zhang, S Chen, SN Luo - Materials Today Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
We explore the effects of geometry and concentration on small angle X-ray scattering
(SAXS) of nanoporous membranes. SAXS patterns of membranes with different pore …