Membrane technologies have been widely applied in water treatment over the past few
decades. However, membrane fouling remains a hinderance for the widespread use of …

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

The Handbook of Membrane Separations: Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnological
Applications provides detailed information on membrane separation technologies as they …

This paper provides a detailed overview of developments in transducer materials technology
relating to their current and future applications in micro-scale devices. Recent advances in …

The integration of mass transport control by means of membrane functionality into
microfluidic devices has shown substantial growth over the last 10 years. Many different …

Multiscale, hierarchically patterned surfaces, such as lotus leaves, butterfly wings, adhesion
pads of gecko lizards are abundantly found in nature, where microstructures are usually …

Over the past decade, 3D printing or additive manufacturing (AM) technology has seen great
advancement in many aspects such as printing resolution, speed and cost. Membranes for …

Highlights•Surface patterning of polymer membranes can be an effective strategy to improve
the device performances.•Both porous and dense membranes can be patterned via …

Novel rapid prototyping techniques expedite the fabrication of shapes and geometries,
which have been inaccessible to date using common machining methods. The attained …

Flux decline due to membrane fouling prevails in almost all pressure-driven liquid
separations. The factors controlling fouling, ranging from surface chemistry to topographic …