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Advanced Functional Materials for Membrane-Assisted Water Purification

  • 1st Edition - April 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Sabu Thomas, Prajisha Prabhakar, Marwa Shalaby, Frank Lipnizki
  • Language: English

Advanced Functional Materials for Membrane-Assisted Water Purification provides readers with a thorough overview of the principles and practices involved in membra… Read more

Description

Advanced Functional Materials for Membrane-Assisted Water Purification provides readers with a thorough overview of the principles and practices involved in membrane-assisted water purification. It explains the concepts and procedures involved in membrane-assisted water filtration, as well as some of its practical applications. Various types of membranes are discussed, including porous polymeric, ultrafiltration, 3D-printed, biochar-based, hydrogel, air-gap, and more. The morphology, structure, properties, and best-use applications of each are outlined, and other considerations such as preparation techniques, characterization techniques, reverse osmosis, deep eutectic solvents, and modeling techniques are covered as well.

Key features

  • Covers the uses, structures, morphologies, and properties of a variety of different membranes, including nanofiltration membranes, additive manufactured membranes, electro-membranes, metal-organic framework (MOF) and covalent-organic framework (COF) membranes, and more
  • Outlines environmental remediation and antifouling techniques via the use of membranes
  • Discusses characterization techniques, reverse osmosis, deep eutectic solvents, and modeling techniques

Readership

Researchers and students in materials science, engineering, medicine, and environmental science

Table of contents

1. State of Art and New Challenges in Membrane-Assisted Water Purification

2. Morphology, Structure, and Properties of Membrane

3. Membrane preparation techniques for water purification

4. Creating Porous Polymeric Membranes

5. Characterizing Membrane-Assisted Water Purification Techniques

6. Recent Progress in Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes

7. Recent Developments for Nanofiltration

8. A Brief Introduction to Reverse Osmosis

9. Deep eutectic solvents – A new platform in membrane fabrication and membrane-assisted technologies

10. Nanochitin in Membrane Assisted Applications

11. Recent Trends and Advances in Nanoporous Membranes for Water Purification

12. Biochar Based Membranes for Membrane Assisted Water Purification

13. Photothermally enabled MXene hydrogel membrane with integrated solar-driven evaporation and photodegradation for efficient water purification

14. High-performance porous graphene oxide hollow fiber membranes with tailored pore sizes for water purification

15. Downstream variations of air-gap membrane distillation and comparative study with direct contact membrane distillation: A modelling approach

16. Modeling Water Treatment Using Membrane-Based Processes

17. Solar-assisted membrane technology for water purification

18. Eco-friendly methodologies for the remediation of environmentally persistent nanoplastics from industrial effluents and water

19. Cost-effective polymer-based membranes for drinking water purification

20. High-Performance Boron Nitride-Based Membranes for Water Purification

21. Graphitic Materials for Energy-Efficient Membrane Separation

22. Recent progress and new perspective of MXene-based membranes for water purification

23. The Creation of High-Speed Permeation Membranes

24. Nanocellulose based materials for water purification processes

25. Photo-oxidation treatment for membrane assisted water purification techniques

26. Photocatalytic Membranes with superior performance for water purification concerning environmental and operational factors

27. Assessment of Membrane Based Processes Among Existing Environmental Remediation Techniques for Strategic Separation and Inactivation of Viruses

28. Field demonstration of an integrated bio-physical process for generating drinking water from endocrine disrupting perchlorate contaminated ground water

29. Recent Advances in Nature-Inspired Antifouling Membranes for Water Purification

30. Characterizing Membrane-Assisted Water Purification Techniques

31. Life Cycle Analysis of Materials for Membrane Assisted Water Purification Techniques

32. The Life Cycle Assessment Guided the Development of a Wood-Based Filtration System Designed for Effective Water Purification and the Reclamation of Oil Using Deep Eutectic Solvents

33. Lab to Industry Materials for Membrane Assisted Water Purification

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Sabu Thomas

Professor Sabu Thomas is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. He is a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India. He is also a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. He is the Chairman of the TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The H index of Professor Thomas is 163 and he has more than 133,000 citations

Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, and Director, International and Inter-University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Chairman, TrEST Research Park; Former Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University — Kottayam, Kerala, India

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Prajisha Prabhakar

Prajisha Prabhakar works at Mahatma Gandhi University in India.
Affiliations and expertise
Mahatma Gandhi University, India

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Marwa Shalaby

Marwa Shalaby works in the Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

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Frank Lipnizki

Dr. Frank Lipnizki is a Professor in the Department of Process and Life Science Engineering at Lund University, Sweden. His research focuses on membrane separation processes for applications in food processing, biotechnology, pulp and paper industries, biorefineries, and water treatment. He specializes in the integration and optimization of membrane technologies within hybrid process systems, with particular emphasis on membrane fouling, cleaning strategies, and process efficiency. His work also involves the development and improvement of membranes and membrane modules tailored for specific industrial applications, contributing to sustainable and resource-efficient process engineering solutions.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Process and Life Science Engineering, Lund University, Sweden