Current advances and opportunities in the development of nanofiltration (NF) membranes in the area of wastewater treatment, water desalination, biotechnological …

D Yadav, S Karki, PG Ingole - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, nanofiltration (NF) membranes are playing a vital role in various applications.
However, several challenges remain in their applications such as difficulty in controlling …

Engineering antifouling reverse osmosis membranes: A review

S Zhao, Z Liao, A Fane, J Li, C Tang, C Zheng, J Lin… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, water scarcity and security have significantly stimulated the
advances of reverse osmosis (RO) technology, which dominates the global desalination …

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 …

Nanofiltration membrane with crown ether as exclusive Li+ transport channels achieving efficient extraction of lithium from salt lake brine

H Li, Y Wang, T Li, XK Ren, J Wang, Z Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lithium extraction from salt lake brines with high Mg 2+/Li+ ratios represents an effective
alternative for tackling the scarcity of lithium resources. In this work, nanofiltration (NF) …

Surface characterization of thin-film composite membranes using contact angle technique: Review of quantification strategies and applications

MF Ismail, MA Islam, B Khorshidi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thin-film composite (TFC) membranes are the most widely used membranes for low-cost
and energy-efficient water desalination processes. Proper control over the three influential …

Nanofiltration membranes review: Recent advances and future prospects

AW Mohammad, YH Teow, WL Ang, YT Chung… - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes have come a long way since it was first introduced during the
late 80's. With properties in between those of ultrafiltration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) …

The open membrane database: Synthesis–structure–performance relationships of reverse osmosis membranes

CL Ritt, T Stassin, DM Davenport… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the advent of thin-film composite polyamide membranes brought forth a breakthrough
in desalination and water purification membranes nearly half a century ago, recent years …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling micropollutant removal by nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes: considerations and challenges

SC Osorio, PM Biesheuvel, E Spruijt, JE Dykstra… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic micropollutants (OMPs) in drinking water constitute a potential risk to human health;
therefore, effective removal of these pollutants is required. Nanofiltration (NF) and reverse …

Preparation and characterization of membranes formed by nonsolvent induced phase separation: a review

GR Guillen, Y Pan, M Li, EMV Hoek - Industrial & Engineering …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The methods and mechanisms of nonsolvent induced phase separation have been studied
for more than fifty years. Today, phase inversion membranes are widely used in numerous …

High-performance polyamide thin-film-nanocomposite reverse osmosis membranes containing hydrophobic zeolitic imidazolate framework-8

J Duan, Y Pan, F Pacheco, E Litwiller, Z Lai… - Journal of membrane …, 2015 - Elsevier
A hydrophobic, hydrothermally stable metal-organic framework (MOF)-zeolitic imidazolate
framework-8 (ZIF-8) was successfully incorporated into the selective polyamide (PA) layer of …