Hybrid models, digital twins, and digital shadows for sustainable membrane technologies: A critical review
September 2026
Membrane separation technologies are essential for water purification, wastewater treatment, gas separation, hydrogen (H2) production, and carbon (CO & CO2) capture. Despite their wide applicability,...
Bridging mechanism and fabrication: New horizons in nanofiltration membranes for ion separation
December 2026
The growing demand for water sustainability, resource recovery, and emerging energy technologies has intensified the need for efficient ion separation processes. Nanofiltration (NF) membranes, featuring...
Advances in MOF membrane strategies for selective lithium extraction from salt lake brine
2025
Metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes have emerged as a promising solution for lithium extraction from salt lake brines due to their tunable pore structures and high specific surface areas. Their...
Fabrication of polymer-supported ZIF-8 membranes via interfacial-epitaxial coupled growth for C3H6/C3H8 separation
December 2026
The fabrication of polymer-supported metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes is a promising approach for efficient C3H6/C3H8 separation. However, the main obstacles to construct MOF layers are low nucleation...
MXene-based catalytic membranes for advanced wastewater treatment
December 2026
The integration of membrane separation technology with advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) offers a promising approach to alleviate practical limitations associated with the permeability-selectivity...
Engineering biomedical membranes for guided bone regeneration
June 2026
Guided bone regeneration (GBR) is a widely employed clinical strategy that utilizes biomedical membranes to create a physical barrier between soft tissue and bone defects, thereby facilitating bone...
Separation mechanism, selectivity enhancement strategies and advanced materials for mono-/multivalent ion-selective nanofiltration membrane
2022
Mono-/multivalent ion-selective separation has become a common requirement at the water-energy nexus, including energy storage and conversion, water purification, and sustainable industrial processes....
Research progress and challenges in polyimide and polyimide-derived gas separation membranes: A review
2025
Polyimide (PI) has been widely regarded as an ideal material for high-performance gas separation membranes due to its exceptional mechanical strength, thermal and chemical stability, excellent film-forming...
Recent advances in polyamide nanofiltration membranes for antibiotic removal
June 2026
Emerging as a new class of micropollutants in the last several decades, antibiotics are difficult to be removed through conventional technologies and therefore can persist long-term in natural aquatic...
Polymer membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration: Recent progress, challenges and perspectives
2023
The development of polymer materials and polymer membrane fabrication techniques in recent years greatly elevates the importance and feasibility of organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) technology, while...
Dual supramolecular-coordination network engineering for plasticization-resistant CO2 separation in polyurethane mixed-matrix membranes
December 2026
This study addresses the permeability-selectivity trade-off in polyurethane (PU)-based mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for CO2 capture by exploiting the synergistic interplay between [HNMP][CH3SO3] ionic...
Robust positively charged polyurea nanofiltration membranes with acid resistance for efficient lithium extraction and recovery
2025
Given the growing demand for lithium in energy storage and electric vehicle industries, the development of acid-resistant membranes for efficient lithium extraction from brine and recycling of spent...
Tailored hydrogen-bond engineering blend ion-solvating membranes enable efficient alkaline water electrolysis
September 2026
Poly(oxindole biphenylene) ion-solvating membranes (POBP ISMs) exhibit exceptional chemical stability, yet their limited hydrophilicity and sparse oxindole groups result in restricted electrolyte uptake...
IPS: An interfacial polymerization simulator for modeling the highly-cross-linked polymer membranes
December 2026
The molecular mechanism of interfacial polymerization remains elusive due to rapid kinetics and nanoscale heterogeneity, while existing simulations struggle to balance chemical reactivity with computational...
Cellulose-based separation membranes: A sustainable evolution or fleeting trend?
2025
Cellulose-based separation membranes are promising for sustainable membrane technology due to their renewable raw materials and biodegradability. Their excellent resistance to fouling, minimal protein...
Life cycle assessment of membrane-based seawater desalination combined with brine resource recovery
September 2026
With the growing implementation of seawater desalination, the issue of brine disposal and potential utilization emerges as a paramount concern requiring scientific and engineering solutions. Considering...
Internal stress-free phosphoric acid doped polybenzimidazole membranes for high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells
December 2026
The serious polarization and stability induced by the doped phosphoric acid hinder their practical applications of phosphoric acid-based high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Herein,...
Mono-/monovalent ions separation through an electro-nanofiltration
June 2026
The separation of mono-/monovalent ions posed a long-standing challenge due to nearly identical physicochemical properties. To address the challenge, an electro-nanofiltration (ENF) strategy was proposed...
Block copolymer-based CO2 separation membranes: synthesis, microstructures and recent progress
June 2026
Block copolymers (BCPs) have emerged as a fascinating tool within the realm of gas separation membranes, primarily for their remarkable ability to self-assemble into well-defined microstructures. This...
Fabrication of high-performance gas separation membranes via fluorenyl-induced and thermal rearrangement-enhanced microporosity
December 2026
To overcome the intrinsic permeability–selectivity trade-off of polymeric gas separation membranes, a synergistic strategy was developed that integrates the fluorenyl-induced intrinsic microporosity...
Membrane technology for sterilization and virus elimination of biopharmaceuticals: Fouling matters
2025
Membrane-based sterilization and virus removal have become an essential approach for Quality Control and Quality Assurance in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, offering significant advantages over traditional...
Corona poling-engineered filler-free piezoelectric PVDF membrane with dual functionality for cantilever nanogenerator and emulsion separation
September 2026
Porous piezoelectric materials have shown great potential in energy and environmental applications, however the incorporation of foreign fillers invariably obscures the intrinsic piezoelectric response...
Positively charged nanofiltration membranes for efficient Mg2+/Li+ separation from high Mg2+/Li+ ratio brine
2023
Nanofiltration has gained increasing attention in lithium extraction from salt lake brine with high Mg2+/Li+ ratio. However, conventional nanofiltration membranes with negatively charged surfaces suffer...
Machine learning toward improving the performance of membrane-based wastewater treatment: A review
2023
Machine learning (ML) is a data-driven approach that can be applied to design, analyze, predict, and optimize a process based on existing data. Recently, ML has found its application in improving membrane...
Pioneering silicotungstic Acid-GO nanofillers for Anti-fouling PES UF membranes toward car wash wastewater treatment
September 2026
Car wash wastewater (CWW), a complex mixture of organic and inorganic pollutants, remains a pressing environmental concern due to its insufficient treatment. While ultrafiltration (UF) membranes offer...