Polyamide thin film composite membranes have been conventionally used for reverse
osmosis (RO) and forward osmosis (FO) processes. Despite their high efficiency and …

Microplastics (MPs) are increasingly released into the environment due to the widespread
usage and improper management of plastics. Considerable research efforts have been …

RO membranes, the core elements for RO process formed using polyamide, have found
prominent space in membrane technology. RO membranes with better application …

Plastic separation becomes an effective method to improve the plastic recycling by
concentrating a single component from complex plastic mixtures. Based on advanced …

Hydrophilic modification of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane is a common method to
enhance membrane permeance. However, it is usually hard to improve the membrane …

In this work, a support modified by tannic acid (TA) and a green co-solvent (dimethyl
carbonate (DMC)) were used jointly to prepare high performance polyamide (PA) reverse …

Low separation efficiency is a stumbling block for the recycling of heterogeneous waste
plastics, which initiates the invasion of hazardous plastic pollutants, such as microplastics …

Chemicals soaking is generally acknowledged as a convenient and efficient method to
improve the performance of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. The conventional soaking of …

Scale up of atmospheric pressure plasma-induced graft polymerization (APPIGP) was
demonstrated for surface nano-structuring (SNS) of a base polyamide (PA) reverse osmosis …

Reverse osmosis (RO) near thermodynamic minimum energy requirement is the need of an
hour. The present paper shows various efforts by researchers worldwide to improve the RO …