[HTML][HTML] Molecular weight cut off (MWCO) determination in ultra-and nanofiltration: Review of methods and implications on organic matter removal

A Imbrogno, JI Calvo, M Breida, R Schwaiger… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Estimation of membrane molecular weight cut off (MWCO) in the range between
ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) is challenging because retention is not controlled …

Data-driven predictions of complex organic mixture permeation in polymer membranes

YJ Lee, L Chen, J Nistane, HY Jang, DJ Weber… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Membrane-based organic solvent separations are rapidly emerging as a promising class of
technologies for enhancing the energy efficiency of existing separation and purification …

Recent advances of nanofiltration separation in pharmaceutical field from water to organic solution

C Li, Y Ma, S Tang, Y Xu, X Zhi - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
The pharmaceutical industry has grown rapidly, leading to significant improvements in drug
quality and pharmaceutical technology. However, there is still an inevitable problem with the …

Dual-phase microporous polymer nanofilms by interfacial polymerization for ultrafast molecular separation

TH Lee, M Balcik, WN Wu, I Pinnau, ZP Smith - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Fine-tuning microporosity in polymers with a scalable method has great potential for energy-
efficient molecular separations. Here, we report a dual-phase molecular engineering …

Interfacially Cross-Linked Polydopamine/Polybenzimidazole Composite Membranes for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration

S Ali, X Feng - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interfacial cross-linking was used to prepare composite organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN)
membranes comprising a polydopamine (PDA) active layer formed on a polybenzimidazole …

Impact of filtration at elevated temperature and solvent pre-treatment on crosslinked polyvinylidene difluoride and polyimide solvent-resistant nanofiltration …

SR Hosseinabadi, SR Swarna, LAJ Rutgeerts… - Journal of Membrane …, 2025 - Elsevier
The high temperature filtration performance of crosslinked polyvinylidene difluoride (XL-
PVDF) and polyimide (XL-PI) membranes in solvent-resistant nanofiltration (SRNF) …

Open and FAIR data for nanofiltration in organic media: A unified approach

S Van Buggenhout, G Ignacz, S Caspers… - Journal of Membrane …, 2025 - Elsevier
Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN), also called solvent-resistant nanofiltration (SRNF), has
emerged as a promising technology for the removal of impurities, recovery of solutes, and …

Development of tuneable polyamine top layer for nanofiltration with high stability in bleach and at extreme pHs

M Lenaerts, M Thijs, R Dhondt, C Van Goethem… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
State-of-the-art membranes for nanofiltration are thin film composite membranes, comprising
of a thin top layer on top of a porous support. Many separation processes in organic …

Molecular weight resolution of solvent resistant nanofiltration (SRNF) membranes

SR Hosseinabadi, LAJ Rutgeerts… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Engineering membranes for molecular separations in organic media is still a big challenge,
especially when two closely resembling solutes have to be separated by allowing one to …

Towards fully epoxy-based thin film composite membranes for solvent-resistant and solvent-tolerant nanofiltration

M Bastin, K Bogaert, E Dom, R Verbeke… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Epoxy curing is a versatile chemistry that can be applied in membrane preparation, both via
phase inversion and interfacial polymerization. Here, fully epoxy-based TFC membranes are …