2026 April - 42 articles
Robust numerical frameworks are essential for the simulation, design, monitoring, and control of membrane-based separation units, particularly under highly nonlinear and industrially relevant operating conditions. In this context, a comprehensive phe...
The increasing presence of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in surface and groundwater is a global concern due to their toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulation, which lead to undesired effects. Conventional wastewater treatment processes ar...
Water scarcity has increased the need for efficient treatment technologies such as membrane distillation (MD). PMD performance depends strongly on membrane fabrication parameters, particularly polymer concentration and nanoparticle incorporation, whi...
The produced water from the No. 1 Oil Production Plant of Xinjiang Oilfield is rich in divalent ions, including Ca2+, Mg2+, and SO42−, leading to extremely high scaling tendency that fails to meet the reinjection standard. Therefore, highly eff...
The use of membranes for gas purification and production is becoming increasingly common as a valid alternative to the conventional technologies (i [...]
This work presents the most recent advancements and operational experiences obtained with the large-active-area, high-rejection FilmTec™ SW30HR-380 and SW30HR-320 reverse osmosis membrane elements, with particular focus on their techno-economic...
The widespread presence of stable and hazardous organic contaminants, such as synthetic dyes, in industrial effluents necessitates the development of resilient treatment strategies capable of achieving efficient degradation and decolorization of dye...
Heavy metal contamination of drinking water remains a persistent global challenge, exacerbated by salinity, industrial discharge, and the limitations of existing membrane technologies that are constrained by permeability–selectivity trade-offs....
Two-dimensional (2D) MXene membranes have emerged as a focal platform for ionic separations owing to their exceptional mechanical flexibility, intrinsic hydrophilicity, abundant surface terminations, and high electrical conductivity. This review summ...
Oxidative dry reforming of methane (ODRM) in a membrane reactor can become the basis for creating an energy-efficient process for converting greenhouse gases into a sought-after chemical raw material for gas chemistry. The process was carried out in...
Membrane distillation (MD) is an attractive technology for desalination driven by renewable energy and low-grade heat sources. However, specific practical guidelines for intermittent operations, typical of such alternative energy sources, are still l...
Biological membranes are essential structural and functional components of living systems, forming the boundaries that define cells and organelles while enabling selective transport, signalling, and energy transduction [...]
Hybrid desalination systems that combine osmotic and thermal driving forces offer a promising route to improve water recovery and energy efficiency for high-salinity feedwaters where conventional processes face limitations. This study presents a comp...
Efficient recovery of ammonia from sludge hydrolysate (SH) remains a challenging task. This study developed a superhydrophobic capillary ceramic-membrane contactors (MCs), which, by establishing a stable gas-phase mass transfer interface, provides a...
Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is one of the most frequently detected antibiotics in aquatic environments and is difficult to remove by conventional biological treatment because of its persistence, potential toxicity to microbial communities, and associated...
Polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs) based on PVDF-HFP as the base polymer and Aliquat 336 as the carrier in a mass ratio of 6:4 with concentrations of embedded glass fibers up to 5 wt% were successfully fabricated. Their microstructure, as well as the...
This work explores, for the first time, a novel strategy for the preparation of polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs) based on their deposition onto porous supporting substrates, introducing the concept of supported PIMs as a reagent-efficient alternati...
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes are used in ultrafiltration systems for car wash water reuse, where frequent alkaline cleaning is required to maintain operational flux rates. Although NaOH-induced degradation of virgin PVDF membranes has bee...
While membrane technologies are critical for preventing microplastics (MPs) release into aquatic ecosystems, MPs-induced fouling remains a persistent bottleneck, necessitating energy-intensive cleaning strategies that introduce their own environmenta...
Curcumin, a natural polyphenol derived from Curcuma longa, is widely recognized for its therapeutic properties. However, its clinical utility is limited because of poor solubility, rapid degradation and hence low bioavailability. To overcome these is...
This review surveys how nanoparticles and biomolecular nanosized structures interact with model membrane systems, and how these interfacial processes govern their performance in drug and gene delivery, antimicrobial strategies, biosensing, and nanoto...
Carbon molecular sieve membranes (CMSMs) provide a means to greatly improve gas separations. CMSMs have a pore size distribution comprising micropores and ultramicropores which provide high flux and high selectivity, enabling them to outperform polym...
Microalgae, being able to produce a variety of bioactive compounds, represent a promising resource for numerous industrial applications. However, their large-scale production remains constrained by biological, technical and economic factors. Open pon...
The rising demand for clean water has reinforced the importance of thin-film composite TFC polyamide membranes in desalination and wastewater treatment. While improvements often target the selective layer, these can sometimes reduce stability or sele...
Wastewater contamination by toxic heavy metal ions poses a huge threat to ecosystem integrity and human health. Herein, we designed a polyelectrolyte (T-PEI) with a tunable positive charge property to construct a layer-by-layer (LBL) nanofiltration m...
To enhance the functionality of collagen (Coll)-based scaffolds, we developed a double-crosslinking strategy incorporating an electroconductive chitosan (Ch) and polypyrrole (Ppy) composite. Successful pre-crosslinking of Ch and Ppy was achieved usin...
Sulfonated aromatic polymers (SAPs) represent promising alternatives to perfluorinated ionomers for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), but their high hydrophilicity and limited chemical stability often require structural reinforcement and...
The proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer is vital for converting surplus renewable energy (RE) into hydrogen, underpinning the efficient and stable operation of the electric–hydrogen system. However, frequent start–stop cycles and...
Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) represent a novel class of microporous materials tailored for membrane separation. Initially explored predominantly for gas separation, they have subsequently found widespread utility in organic solvent nano...
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORMs) in industrial wastewater present significant environmental and public health challenges due to their persistence and radiotoxic effects. This comprehensive review analyzes 108 peer-reviewed publicatio...
Liposomes, spherical bilayer lipid-containing vesicles, are promising nanocarriers used for constructing drug delivery systems (DDS). Various strategies can be employed to loosen or break the liposome and release drugs as the tumor cells-targeting DD...
Conventional high-temperature calcination for activating MFI zeolite membranes is energy-intensive and prone to inducing defects. Here, we demonstrate that a rapid ozonation treatment at 200 °C for only 1 h effectively decomposes organic template...
This study proposes an innovative spacer design for use in spiral-wound membrane filtration systems as a high-performance alternative to conventional woven spacers. By eliminating interwoven filaments, this structure fundamentally reshapes flow patte...
Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-based ultrafiltration membranes play key roles in aqueous separation fields. However, the inherent hydrophobicity of PVDF always generates higher water permeation resistance and a greater fouling tendency in the filtr...
Traditional membrane separation materials suffer from drawbacks such as a high carbon footprint, significant energy consumption, membrane fouling, and the potential for secondary pollution. Under the dual drivers of carbon neutrality and carbon peak...
Membrane technology demonstrates broad prospects in the field of methane capture and purification due to its high efficiency and low energy consumption characteristics. This paper systematically reviews the research progress in membrane technology fo...
To address the limited selectivity of conventional membrane materials toward sulfonamide antibiotics, this study employed a DFT calculation approach to optimize the design of a molecularly imprinted system for sulfadiazine (SDZ). A hierarchical set o...
Nanofiltration (NF) is increasingly applied for advanced drinking water treatment, but achieving stable operation at high recovery rates remains challenging for surface waters with high scaling potential. This pilot study investigated the performance...
This work investigated the membrane fouling mechanisms during the microfiltration of oat protein–β-glucan complexes. Microfiltration experiments were conducted under various pH conditions, protein-to-polysaccharide ratios, and ionic streng...
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) persist despite combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) and can be exacerbated by repeated cocaine (COC) exposure. Because COC, HAND, and cART independently disrupt medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) func...
Increasing the recovery in electrodialysis desalination may be achieved using a single-pass operation at different linear flow velocity values in the diluate and concentrate compartments. The risk of inner leakage as well as membrane bulging and dama...
Water is increasingly acknowledged as a limited and strategically critical resource, particularly in regions where hydrological imbalances are structurally persistent. Across Europe, countries such as Spain, Turkey, Italy, and Greece face recurrent w...
