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Impact of freeze drying on pore size distribution of amorphous silica membranes derived from gas permeation activation energies featured image

Impact of freeze drying on pore size distribution of amorphous silica membranes derived from gas permeation activation energies

Microporous silica membranes have enormous potential to contribute to clean-energy applications by H2 separation, yet their separation performance is severely constrained by the …

tanzila-anjum
Data-Driven Evaluation as a Preliminary Tool to Judiciously Choose Covalent Organic Frameworks to be used as Fillers in Mixed Matrix Membranes for Hydrogen Separation featured image

Data-Driven Evaluation as a Preliminary Tool to Judiciously Choose Covalent Organic Frameworks to be used as Fillers in Mixed Matrix Membranes for Hydrogen Separation

Hydrogen is considered the fuel of the future for the decarbonizing industry and the transport sector. A membrane containing porous materials can be used to extract hydrogen from …

kris-helten
Improving fouling resistance of polyvinylidene fluoride membrane with mono-hydroxyl poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS-OH) grafted silica nanoparticles featured image

Improving fouling resistance of polyvinylidene fluoride membrane with mono-hydroxyl poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS-OH) grafted silica nanoparticles

In this study, mono‑hydroxyl polydimethylsiloxane (CH3-PDMS-OH) was successfully grafted onto silica (SiO2) nanoparticles via Steglich esterification process to produce …

muayad-al-shaeli
Mixed Matrix Membranes for Hydrogen Separation - A Comprehensive Review and Performance Analysis featured image

Mixed Matrix Membranes for Hydrogen Separation - A Comprehensive Review and Performance Analysis

Hydrogen has emerged as one of the cleanest energy vectors that can support the transition into a green economy and thus can facilitate the transition to a carbon-neutral …

reza-sabouri
Minimizing chemicals usage for TiO2 immobilisation onto commercial PES membrane employing in-situ polymerisation long-term performance and stability evaluation featured image

Minimizing chemicals usage for TiO2 immobilisation onto commercial PES membrane employing in-situ polymerisation long-term performance and stability evaluation

The strong integration of TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) into the membrane surface to impart antibacterial functionality is often challenging due to the agglomeration of nanoparticles …

muayad-al-shaeli
Recent Advances in Microporous Materials Membrane for Hydrogen Separation against Light Gases featured image

Recent Advances in Microporous Materials Membrane for Hydrogen Separation against Light Gases

With the pressing concern of the climate change, hydrogen will undoubtedly play an essential role in the future to accelerate the way out from fossil fuel-based economy. In this …

n.-prasetya
Extraction of the intrinsic rate constant for a photocyclization reaction in capillary microreactors using a simplified reactor model featured image

Extraction of the intrinsic rate constant for a photocyclization reaction in capillary microreactors using a simplified reactor model

In this work, a simple reactor model for evaluating the intrinsic rate constant of a photocyclization reaction is presented. The photoreaction was performed in a standardized …

j.-li
Machine learning for rapid discovery of laminar flow channel wall modifications that enhance heat transfer featured image

Machine learning for rapid discovery of laminar flow channel wall modifications that enhance heat transfer

Numerical simulation of fluid flow plays an essential role in modeling many physical phenomena, which enables technological advancements, contributes to sustainable practices, and …

y.-koide
Potential application of hybrid forward osmosis – Membrane distillation (FO-MD) system for various water treatment processes featured image

Potential application of hybrid forward osmosis – Membrane distillation (FO-MD) system for various water treatment processes

Different membrane processes have been used to address water scarcity issues. Among them, membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology due to its capacity to treat …

a.-h.-kamel
Functional role of B-site substitution on the reactivity of CaMFeO3 (M = Cu, Mo, Co) perovskite catalysts in heterogeneous Fenton-like degradation of organic pollutant featured image

Functional role of B-site substitution on the reactivity of CaMFeO3 (M = Cu, Mo, Co) perovskite catalysts in heterogeneous Fenton-like degradation of organic pollutant

Background: Substitution of different types of B-site metal cations in the perovskite structure led to a significant change in the catalytic reactivity of the resulting catalysts. …

r.-alrozi