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Polymer-matrix nanocomposite membranes for water treatment
Jun Yin,Baolin Deng +1 more
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In this article, the authors summarized the recent scientific and technological advances in the development of nanocomposite membranes for water treatment and discussed challenges and future research directions in developing high performance nanocomposition membranes.About:
This article is published in Journal of Membrane Science.The article was published on 2015-04-01. It has received 822 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanocomposite & Membrane.read more
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Sustainable technologies for water purification from heavy metals: review and analysis
TL;DR: The current state-of-the-art of available technologies for water purification are reviewed and their field of application for heavy metal ion removal is discussed, as heavy metal ions are the most harmful and widespread contaminants.
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A review on polyamide thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes: History, applications, challenges and approaches
Woei Jye Lau,Stephen Gray,Takeshi Matsuura,Daryoush Emadzadeh,J. Paul Chen,Ahmad Fauzi Ismail +5 more
TL;DR: This review attempts to give the readers insights into the difficulties of incorporating inorganic nanomaterials into the organic PA layer whose thickness usually falls in a range of several-hundred nanometers and shows new possible approaches to overcome these challenges in TFN membrane fabrication.
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Spinel ferrite magnetic adsorbents: Alternative future materials for water purification?
TL;DR: Spinel ferrite (SF) magnetic materials are an important class of composite metal oxides containing ferric ions and having the general structural formula M 2+ Fe 2 3+ O 4.
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Membrane materials for water purification: design, development, and application
TL;DR: In this paper, the design, development, and application of new membrane materials, fabrication methods for controlling the filtration size regime, analytical tools for performance testing, and molecular modeling for transport and separation are reviewed.
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Graphene oxide (GO) enhanced polyamide (PA) thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane for water purification
Jun Yin,Guocheng Zhu,Baolin Deng +2 more
TL;DR: A thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane containing graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets was prepared by the in-situ interfacial polymerization process as mentioned in this paper.
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The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment
TL;DR: The possible reductions in energy demand by state-of-the-art seawater Desalination technologies, the potential role of advanced materials and innovative technologies in improving performance, and the sustainability of desalination as a technological solution to global water shortages are reviewed.
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Basic Principles of Membrane Technology
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the concept of Membrane Fouling and discuss the properties and properties of synthetic Membranes, including material properties, properties, and processes.
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An overview of semiconductor photocatalysis
Andrew Mills,Stephen Le Hunte +1 more
TL;DR: An overview of the field of semiconductor photocatalysis can be found in this paper, where a brief examination of its roots, achievements and possible future is presented, and the semiconductor titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) features predominantly in past and present work.
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Correlation of separation factor versus permeability for polymeric membranes
TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of the literature data for binary gas mixtures from the list of He, H2, O2, N2, CH4, and CO2 reveals an upper bound relationship for these mixtures.
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Nanocomposite polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries
TL;DR: In this article, the authors showed that nanometre-sized ceramic powders can be used as solid plasticizers for polyethylene oxide (PEO) electrolytes to prevent crystallization on annealing from amorphous state above 60°C.