Nanofiltration membrane plays an increasingly important role in many industrial
applications, such as water treatment and resource recovery. The performance of the smart …

Polymeric membranes are an energy‐efficient means of purifying water, but they suffer from
fouling during filtration. Modification of the membrane surface is one route to mitigating …

This feature article provides a comprehensive overview on the development of polymeric
membranes having advanced or novel functions in the various membrane separation …

This article reviews recent literature on polymer brushes with an emphasis on linear polymer
brushes attached to solid substrate surfaces. The following topics are included:(i) theoretical …

Stimuli-responsive membranes change their physicochemical properties in response to
changes in their environment. Stimuli-responsive membranes have been designed to …

This paper focuses on the attachment of densely grafted polymer layers (polymer brushes)
to various inorganic and polymeric substrates by the “grafting to” method. A brief overview of …

In this study, silver nanoparticles were used to endow poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)
membrane with excellent surface hydrophilicity and outstanding antifouling performance …

The fundamentals and applications of polymer brush-modified membranes are reviewed.
This new class of synthetic membranes is explored with an emphasis on tuning the …

This review presents an overview on the promising field of molecularly imprinted
membranes (MIM). The focus is onto the separation of molecules in liquid mixtures via …

The progress in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) provides an effective means for
the design and preparation of functional membranes. Polymeric membranes with different …