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Fabrication of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofiber membranes by electro-spinning for direct contact membrane distillation
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In this article, the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofiber membranes for membrane distillation were optimized to examine their effects on pore size distribution and inorganic additives were added into the dope to improve the electro-spinability of diluted polymer dopes.About:
This article is published in Journal of Membrane Science.The article was published on 2013-01-01. It has received 384 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Membrane & Membrane distillation.read more
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Application and modification of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes – A review
Guodong Kang,Yiming Cao +1 more
TL;DR: An overview of recent progress on the application and modification of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes can be found in this article, where two major problems of PVDF membranes in applications, namely membrane fouling and membrane wetting, are comprehensively reviewed.
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Membrane distillation: Recent developments and perspectives
TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes the important and interesting recent developments in Membrane Distillation from the perspectives of membrane fabrication, heat and mass transport phenomenon, nontraditional fouling, module fabrication and applications.
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A review on electrospinning for membrane fabrication: Challenges and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review on the preparation and application of electrospun nanofiber membranes as the barrier layer for water treatment, with emphasis on the reinforcement and post-treatment of electro-spun polymer membranes.
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Recent advances in membrane distillation processes: Membrane development, configuration design and application exploring
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize the recent advances in Membrane distillation and provide perspectives for its future R&D, including membrane materials, module configurations, process applications and hybrid systems.
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Progress in electrospun polymeric nanofibrous membranes for water treatment : fabrication, modification and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, the state-of-the-art progress on fabrication and modification of electrospun polymeric membranes with a particular emphasis on their advances, challenges and future improvement in water treatment applications is summarized.
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Structure and process relationship of electrospun bioabsorbable nanofiber membranes
TL;DR: In this paper, an electrospinning method was used to fabricate bioabsorbable amorphous poly( d, l -lactic acid) (PDLA) and semi-crystalline poly( l-lactic acids) (PLLA) nanofiber non-woven membranes for biomedical applications.
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Petal Effect: A Superhydrophobic State with High Adhesive Force
TL;DR: Artificial fabrication of biomimic polymer films, with well-defined nanoembossed structures obtained by duplicating the petal's surface, indicates that the superhydrophobic surface and the adhesive petal are in Cassie impregnating wetting state.
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A framework for better understanding membrane distillation separation process
TL;DR: In this paper, the most important aspects of the membrane distillation process are presented in a simple manner for a glance understanding the effects of different factors and operating variables on the productivity of each MD configuration.
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Membranes and theoretical modeling of membrane distillation: a review.
TL;DR: A comprehensive MD state-of-the-art review covering a wide range of commercial membranes, MD membrane engineering, their MD performance, transport mechanisms, experimental and theoretical modeling of different MD configurations as well as recent developments in MD is offered.
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Electrospun nanofibrous filtration membrane
TL;DR: In this paper, a fibrous membrane via electrospun nanofibrous web for liquid separation and demonstrates its applicability in particulate removal was developed and compared to conventional microfiltration membranes.