Engineered thin film nanocomposite membranes with a polyethyleneimine interlayered sulfonated MXene for superior groundwater desalination

Lukka Thuyavan Yogarathinam, Nadeem Baig, Hassan Younas, Gheorghe Falca and Isam H. Aljundi

New J. Chem., 2024, 48, 19574
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Heterogeneous charge membranes with a sub-10-nanometer polyamide/Zn-TCPP dual-layer for lithium extraction

Fei Guo, Lingfeng Wang, Huixin Dong, Pengyu Yan, Shishuo Wang, Qingquan Li, Shaohua Yin, Guoli Zhou, Ning Zhang, Wu Xiao, Yuandong Jia, Gaohong He and Xiaobin Jiang

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 40672
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One-Step Phase Separation and Mineralization Fabrication of Membranes for Oily Wastewater Treatment

Mengyang Hu, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Wenming Fu, Pengfei Zhang, Shang Fang, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Zhan Li, Ping Xu, Zhaohuan Mai, Liheng Dai and Hideto Matsuyama

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 38723
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Aqueous phase co-solvent-assisted preparation of high-performance polyamide nanofiltration membranes: Preparation, performance and mechanistic

Jingwen Tang, Chengling Bai, Xiaoyi Huang, Jiang Yuan, Shuili Yu and Li'an Hou

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025, 62, 106168
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Novel polyfurfuryl alcohol loose nanofiltration membrane for efficient dye/salt selective separation

Yalong Liu, Fengni Luo, Ke Zheng and Shaoqi Zhou

Environment International, 2025, 202, 109622
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High permeance of polyamide nanofiltration membranes with adjustable pore structure based azo-porous polymer interlayer

Yanan Ding, Lei Xia, Jianyang Wu, Qiugen Zhang, Qinglin Liu and Aimei Zhu

Separation and Purification Technology, 2026, 380, 135192
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Tackling the thermal treatment enhanced funnel effect via a resin protection layer on the support membrane to improve nanofiltration membrane performance

Rongze Sun, Jianlong Dai, Qing Yu, Pei Wang, Wentao Yan, Yong Zhou and Congjie Gao

Desalination, 2026, 621, 119681
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Phytic acid and ferric chloride compound additives-regulated interfacial polymerization for high-performance nanofiltration membrane

Lei Zhang, Mengyang Hu, Yujun Zhang, Jian Hou, Meizhi Zhang, Chang Gao, Wenming Fu, Hongsen Hui, Quan Liu, Huiying Ding, Zuhui Qin, Hongchang Pei and Hideto Matsuyama

Journal of Membrane Science, 2024, 693, 122386
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Regulation of polyamide reverse osmosis membrane structure by nanobubbles: Unraveling the mystery of structure-property relationships

Houkang Pu, Hanjing Xue, Xiaojuan Wang, Huacheng Xu, Yijun Huang, Jiayan Xu, Xinyan Wang, Weizheng Zhang, Congjie Gao and Xueli Gao

Desalination, 2025, 603, 118681
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Wasted scrub pad functionalized with graphene and porous BiFeO3 microparticles for the desalination/decontamination of water by solar evaporation

E. Valadez-Renteria, V. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, C. Gomez-Solis, A.I. Mtz-Enriquez and J. Oliva

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2024, 266, 112650
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Theoretical and experimental study of high performance thin-film nanocomposite nanofiltration membranes by introducing calcium carbonate nanoparticles

Xin Tang, Xiao-Gang Jin, Miao Yu, Meng-Meng Tang, Xiao-Hua Ma and Zhen-Liang Xu

Journal of Membrane Science, 2025, 713, 123270
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Ultrathin mineral interlayers regulate interfacial polymerization of polyamide nanofiltration membranes via multiple non-covalent and coordination bonding for rapid molecular separation

Yan Zhu, Danwei Huang, Hongbo Xie, Zheyuan Liu, Fei-Fei Chen and Yan Yu

Advanced Membranes, 2025, 5, 100163
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Constructing of stable intermediate layers among the positively charged composite nanofiltration membranes for Mg2+/Li+ efficient separation

Hongye Lv, Xuyong Tian, Haowei Feng, Chunlei Wang, Liying Wei, Xiuping Li, Haolong Xue, Changfa Xiao and Dawei Ji

Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 379, 134936
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Enhancing separation performance of thin film nanocomposite membranes by self-etching of polydopamine-modified calcium carbonate during interfacial polymerization process

Xinxin Wei, Xuelin Wang, Kaiming Fan, Yanling Liu and Shengji Xia

Journal of Membrane Science, 2025, 715, 123392
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Highly permeable polyamide nanofiltration membranes with crumpled structures regulated by polydopamine-piperazine-halloysite interlayer

Mengyang Hu, Xianhui Li, Ran Tao, Zhaohuan Mai, Xiaoping Chen, Shuanglin Gui, Hideto Matsuyama and Jianxin Li

Desalination, 2023, 565, 116862
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Ternary-coordination-regulated polyamide nanofiltration membranes for Li+/Mg2+ separation

Shang Fang, Kecheng Guan, Siyu Zhou, Qiangqiang Song, Yongxuan Shi, Wenming Fu, Zhan Li, Ping Xu, Mengyang Hu, Zhaohuan Mai, Pengfei Zhang and Hideto Matsuyama

Desalination, 2024, 581, 117577
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Concentration of high boiling point organic solvents by osmotically assisted reverse osmosis

Mengyang Hu, Kazuo Kumagai, Yasushi Mino, Kecheng Guan, Toshiyuki Kawashima and Hideto Matsuyama

Water Research, 2025, 282, 123929
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Nanofoamed Polyamide Membranes: Mechanisms, Developments, and Environmental Implications

Qimao Gan, Yaowen Hu, Chenyue Wu, Zhe Yang, Lu Elfa Peng and Chuyang Y. Tang

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2024, 58, 20812
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Regenerable planting of multifunctional amine: Regeneration-enhanced antifouling/antiscaling properties and performance of thin film composite nanofiltration membrane

Parthapratim Bera and Suresh K. Jewrajka

Journal of Membrane Science, 2024, 692, 122292
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Engineering mineralized interlayers for enhanced nanofiltration: Synergistic modulation of polyamide layer structure and catalytic self-cleaning performance

Yunhuan Chen, Xinyue Liu, Rui Zhang, Weier Wang, Hailong Wang, Yongsheng Ren and Xiaoxiao Duan

Journal of Membrane Science, 2025, 713, 123319
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Crown ether modulated high-performance nanofiltration membrane for water purification

Xiao-Gang Jin, Meng-Meng Tang, Xin Tang, Miao Yu, Tian-Xiang Ren, Xiao-Hua Ma and Zhen-Liang Xu

Chemical Engineering Science, 2023, 280, 119064
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Optimizing separation layer structure of polyamide composite membrane for high permselectivity based on post-treatment: A review

Yingying Liu, Zhe Xin, Ming Wang, Xuyun Wang, Haifeng Zhang and Zhi Wang

Desalination, 2024, 580, 117585
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Multifunctional role of surfactant in fabricating polyamide nanofiltration membranes for Li+/Mg2+ separation

Shang Fang, Kecheng Guan, Aiwen Zhang, Liheng Dai, Siyu Zhou, Wenming Fu, Mengyang Hu, Ping Xu, Pengfei Zhang, Zhan Li, Zhaohuan Mai and Hideto Matsuyama

Desalination, 2025, 594, 118295
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Polyamide infiltration phenomenon on microfiltration support reduced by covalent organic frameworks net for faster desalination

Yin-Xin Fang, Yu-Fei Lin, Zhen-Liang Xu, Jia-Yue Dai and Dibakar Pandaya

Desalination, 2023, 568, 117031
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Facile fabrication of polyamide-polyester nanofiltration membranes regulated by ionic liquids for efficient antibiotic desalination

Yanyan Liu, Feidong Yang, Mengyang Hu, Xiaoqing Chang, Pengfei Zhang, Chuang Li, Kecheng Guan and Hideto Matsuyama

Desalination, 2025, 613, 118987
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Efficient separation of phosphate ions in water using tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane modified polyaniline-p-phenylenediamine composite membrane

Ding Ling Gao, Yan Xue Xue, Fei Fei Dai, Yu Xiang Liu, Na Qin, Ya Yuan Zhang, Jian Hua Chen and Qian Yang

Separation and Purification Technology, 2024, 331, 125691
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Thin film composite polyesteramide membrane with the incorporation of rigidly-contorted binaphthol-based monomer for enhanced nanofiltration separation performance

Youcai Chen, Shao-Lu Li, Dandan Cheng, Jiaqi Li, Mengfan Wang, Qiyu Duan, Genghao Gong and Yunxia Hu

Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 322, 124376
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Efficient separation of phosphate ions from water across a wide pH range using a triphenylamine-p-phenylenediamine/TMC composite membrane

Mei Hang Lei, Ding Ling Gao, Ya Yuan Zhang, Na Qin, Peng Xiang, Xiong Huang, Li Nan Xu, Jian Hua Chen and Qian Yang

Applied Surface Science, 2026, 717, 164855
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A “grab-and-throw” access for monomer diffusion in interfacial polymerization process for high-efficiency polyamide membrane in water purification

Xiyue Cai, Yonggang li, Zhenyu Xi, Chen Yun, Lianghong Yin, Jing Guo, Yaohan Chen, Shenghai Li and Suobo Zhang

Journal of Membrane Science, 2025, 722, 123871
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Two birds with one stone: By-product HCl consumption and in-situ template formation for high-performance nanofiltration membranes fabrication

Lei Zhang, Wanbang Zhu, Xin Wen, Huiying Ding, Hongsen Hui, Yujun Zhang, Hongzi Tan, Qian Zhuang, Jiakai Chen, Xianhui Li and Hongchang Pei

Journal of Membrane Science, 2024, 703, 122831
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Interfacial Constraints Guided by Micro‐Nano Bubbles Spatial Templates to Regulate Polyamide Membrane Structure and Property

Houkang Pu, Hanjing Xue, Xiaojuan Wang, Huacheng Xu, Yijun Huang, Weizheng Zhang, Xinyan Wang, Congjie Gao and Xueli Gao

Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
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Separation of humic substances and inorganic salts from biogas slurry by a novel SiO2 interlayer-based loose nanofiltration membrane

Siwei Liang, Heng Lv, Hong Cai, Fan Ni, Yihao Hua, Fei Shen, Jing Yang and Jinsong He

Desalination, 2025, 615, 119258
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Highly Permeable Nanofibrous Composite Nanofiltration Membranes by Controllable Interfacial Copolymerization

Qihang Wang, He Ren, Hongyang Ma, Shyam Venkateswaran and Benjamin S. Hsiao

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 33132
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Polyamide membranes with tannic acid-ZIF-8 for highly permeable and selective ion-ion separation

Xing Lai, Hongxiang Zhang, Weiye Xu, Jian You, Huaiyin Chen, Yongzhao Li, Weihe Yu, Jianying Huang, Changfa Xiao, Yuekun Lai and Weilong Cai

Journal of Membrane Science, 2025, 714, 123435
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