Zwitterionic biomaterials

Q Li, C Wen, J Yang, X Zhou, Y Zhu, J Zheng… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The term “zwitterionic polymers” refers to polymers that bear a pair of oppositely charged
groups in their repeating units. When these oppositely charged groups are equally …

Nanofiltration membranes with crumpled polyamide films: a critical review on mechanisms, performances, and environmental applications

S Shao, F Zeng, L Long, X Zhu, LE Peng… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been widely applied in many important environmental
applications, including water softening, surface/groundwater purification, wastewater …

Ice-confined synthesis of highly ionized 3D-quasilayered polyamide nanofiltration membranes

Y Zhang, H Wang, J Guo, X Cheng, G Han, CH Lau… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Existing polyamide (PA) membrane synthesis protocols are underpinned by controlling
diffusion-dominant liquid-phase reactions that yield subpar spatial architectures and …

Sharpening nanofiltration: strategies for enhanced membrane selectivity

H Zhang, Q He, J Luo, Y Wan… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration plays an increasingly large role in many industrial applications, such as water
treatment (eg, desalination, water softening, and fluoride removal) and resource recovery …

Applications of tannic acid in membrane technologies: A review

W Yan, M Shi, C Dong, L Liu, C Gao - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Today, membrane technologies play a big role in chemical industry, especially in separation
engineering. Tannic acid, one of the most famous polyphenols, has attracted widespread …

Manipulating interfacial polymerization for polymeric nanofilms of composite separation membranes

Z Wang, S Liang, Y Kang, W Zhao, Y Xia, J Yang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Composite separation membranes are essential in the fields of water treatment, mass
concentration, purification, solvent exchange, gas separation, energy storage and …

Regulating composition and structure of nanofillers in thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for enhanced separation performance: A critical review

Z Liao, J Zhu, X Li, B Van der Bruggen - Separation and Purification …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes, comprising nanofillers and nanoscale dense
polymeric barriers, were prepared by introducing nanomaterials into a polyamide layer …

Development of high permeability nanofiltration membranes through porous 2D MOF nanosheets

XG Jin, XK Liang, JH Liu, JW Mo, TX Ren… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-performance nanofiltration membrane is of great importance to alleviate the worldwide
freshwater crisis. Recent studies have shown that the performance of nanofiltration …

Zwitterionic copolymer-regulated interfacial polymerization for highly permselective nanofiltration membrane

Y Lin, X Yao, Q Shen, T Ueda, Y Kawabata… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
A highly permselective nanofiltration membrane was engineered via zwitterionic copolymer
assembly regulated interfacial polymerization (IP). The copolymer was molecularly …

Hydrogel assisted interfacial polymerization for advanced nanofiltration membranes

S Yuan, G Zhang, J Zhu, N Mamrol, S Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
With the rapid growth of the world population and water contamination, nanofiltration
membranes with extraordinary permeance and high salt rejection are eminently desirable …