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Membranes, Volume 7, Issue 1

March 2017 - 16 articles

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Articles (16)

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
234 Citations
18,790 Views
21 Pages

Fabrication and Water Treatment Application of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)-Based Composite Membranes: A Review

  • Lining Ma,
  • Xinfa Dong,
  • Mingliang Chen,
  • Li Zhu,
  • Chaoxian Wang,
  • Fenglin Yang and
  • Yingchao Dong

Membrane separation technology is widely explored for various applications, such as water desalination and wastewater treatment, which can alleviate the global issue of fresh water scarcity. Specifically, carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-based composite membr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
9,521 Views
13 Pages

Single Lipid Molecule Dynamics on Supported Lipid Bilayers with Membrane Curvature

  • Philip P. Cheney,
  • Alan W. Weisgerber,
  • Alec M. Feuerbach and
  • Michelle K. Knowles

The plasma membrane is a highly compartmentalized, dynamic material and this organization is essential for a wide variety of cellular processes. Nanoscale domains allow proteins to organize for cell signaling, endo- and exocytosis, and other essentia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,014 Views
15 Pages

Performance of Carbon Nanotube/Polysulfone (CNT/Psf) Composite Membranes during Oil–Water Mixture Separation: Effect of CNT Dispersion Method

  • Michael Olawale Daramola,
  • Palesa Hlanyane,
  • Oluwafolakemi O. Sadare,
  • Olugbenga O. Oluwasina and
  • Sunny E. Iyuke

Effect of the dispersion method employed during the synthesis of carbon nanotube (CNT)/polysulfone-infused composite membranes on the quality and separation performance of the membranes during oil–water mixture separation is demonstrated. Carbon nano...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
194 Citations
19,043 Views
18 Pages

Membranes with Surface-Enhanced Antifouling Properties for Water Purification

  • Nima Shahkaramipour,
  • Thien N. Tran,
  • Sankara Ramanan and
  • Haiqing Lin

Membrane technology has emerged as an attractive approach for water purification, while mitigation of fouling is key to lower membrane operating costs. This article reviews various materials with antifouling properties that can be coated or grafted o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
7,308 Views
16 Pages

Assessment of a New Silicon Carbide Tubular Honeycomb Membrane for Treatment of Olive Mill Wastewaters

  • Maria C. Fraga,
  • Sandra Sanches,
  • João G. Crespo and
  • Vanessa J. Pereira

27 February 2017

Extremely high removals of total suspended solids and oil and grease were obtained when olive mill wastewaters were filtered using new silicon carbide tubular membranes. These new membranes were used at constant permeate flux to treat real olive mill...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,203 Views
10 Pages

Fogging Control on LDPE/EVA Coextruded Films: Wettability Behavior and Its Correlation with Electric Performance

  • Miguel A. Waldo-Mendoza,
  • Zoe V. Quiñones-Jurado,
  • Juan C. Pérez-Medina,
  • Bernardo Yañez-Soto and
  • Pedro E. Ramírez-González

22 February 2017

The transformation of fog at a non-visible water layer on a membrane of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) was evaluated. Nonionic surfactants of major demand in the polyolefin industry were studied. A kinetic study usin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,165 Views
13 Pages

17 February 2017

This work was intended to develop self-assembly lipids for incorporating G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) in order to improve the success rate for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) structural elucidation. We hereby report the expressio...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
110 Citations
14,413 Views
13 Pages

17 February 2017

Membrane gas separation has potential for the recovery and purification of helium, because the majority of membranes have selectivity for helium. This review reports on the current state of the research and patent literature for membranes undertaking...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,313 Views
13 Pages

12 February 2017

This work describes a new extraction method with hollow-fiber liquid-phase microextraction based on facilitated pH gradient transport for analyzing hippuric acid and mandelic acid in aqueous samples. The factors affecting the metabolites extraction w...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
12,549 Views
17 Pages

Synthesis and Transport Properties of Novel MOF/PIM-1/MOF Sandwich Membranes for Gas Separation

  • Alessio Fuoco,
  • Muhanned R. Khdhayyer,
  • Martin P. Attfield,
  • Elisa Esposito,
  • Johannes C. Jansen and
  • Peter M. Budd

11 February 2017

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were supported on polymer membrane substrates for the fabrication of composite polymer membranes based on unmodified and modified polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1). Layers of two different MOFs, zeolitic imida...

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