Fluids and electrolytes under confinement in single-digit nanopores

NR Aluru, F Aydin, MZ Bazant, D Blankschtein… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics
and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important …

[HTML][HTML] Separation mechanism, selectivity enhancement strategies and advanced materials for mono-/multivalent ion-selective nanofiltration membrane

D Lu, Z Yao, L Jiao, M Waheed, Z Sun, L Zhang - Advanced Membranes, 2022 - Elsevier
Mono-/multivalent ion-selective separation has become a common requirement at the water-
energy nexus, including energy storage and conversion, water purification, and sustainable …

Ionization behavior of nanoporous polyamide membranes

CL Ritt, JR Werber, M Wang, Z Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Escalating global water scarcity necessitates high-performance desalination membranes, for
which fundamental understanding of structure–property–performance relationships is …

Fabrication of zinc doped aluminium oxide/polysulfone mixed matrix membranes for enhanced antifouling property and heavy metal removal

P Sherugar, NS Naik, M Padaki, V Nayak… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal removal from water resources is essential for environmental protection and the
production of safe drinking water. In this direction, Zinc doped Aluminium Oxide (Zn: Al 2 O …

Dielectric exclusion, an éminence grise

V Freger - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Dielectric exclusion has long been well-established as the key mechanism in membrane
desalination, critical for delivering the required levels of salt rejection, also playing important …

The hidden role of the dielectric effect in nanofiltration: a novel perspective to unravel new ion separation mechanisms

X Zhai, S Lin, X Li, Z Wang - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes play a critical role in separation processes, necessitating an
in-depth understanding of their selective mechanisms. Existing NF models predominantly …

Ion partitioning and permeation in charged low-T* membranes

V Freger - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding ion transport in membrane materials is key to engineering and development
of desalination and water purification technologies as well as electro-membrane …

Ionic resource recovery for carbon neutral papermaking wastewater reclamation by a chemical self-sufficiency zero liquid discharge system

Y Qiu, S Wu, L Xia, LF Ren, J Shao, J Shen, Z Yang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Papermaking industry discharges large quantities of wastewater and waste gas, whose
treatment is limited by extra chemicals requirements, insufficient resource recovery and high …

An integrated electrocoagulation–nanofiltration process for carwash wastewater reuse

ZB Gönder, G Balcıoğlu, I Vergili, Y Kaya - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, advanced treatment of carwash wastewater with an integrated
electrocoagulation–nanofiltration (EC–NF) process to reuse the treated wastewater as …

Water content, relative permittivity, and ion sorption properties of polymers for membrane desalination

K Chang, H Luo, GM Geise - Journal of membrane science, 2019 - Elsevier
The interplay of polymer water content, dielectric relative permittivity, and ion sorption
properties was studied using a cross-linked poly (glycidyl methacrylate)(XL-pGMA) polymer …