Advanced Functional Materials for Membrane-Assisted Water Purification
- 1st Edition - July 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Sabu Thomas, Prajisha Prabhakar, Marwa Shalaby, Frank Lipnizki
- Language: English
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Description
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
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
Readership
Researchers and students in materials science, engineering, medicine, and environmental science
Table of contents
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
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
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Sabu Thomas
Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India; Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Bangalore, India; Center of Excellence in Polymeric Materials for Medical Practice Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, IndiaPP
Prajisha Prabhakar
Prajisha Prabhakar works at Mahatma Gandhi University in India.
Affiliations and expertise
Mahatma Gandhi University, IndiaMS
Marwa Shalaby
Marwa Shalaby works in the Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, EgyptFL
Frank Lipnizki
Frank Lipnizki is Professor in Chemical Engineering with focus on Separation Process in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Lund University, Sweden since 2017. Furthermore, he heads the Membrane Group at Lund University and manages MemLab – the Industrial membrane process research and development centre – at Lund University. Before joing the university Frank Lipnizki was working for 16 years in the membrane industry at Alfa Laval Business Centre Membranes (previously Danish Separation Systems). His main research focuses on the integration and optimisation of separation process in particular membrane processes in the food, biotech, pulp and paper industry as well as water and wastewater treatment plus fouling and cleaning of membranes. Frank Lipnizki’s h-index is 18, with 137 document results (30/June/2020, scholar.google.com), with a total of 1752 citations. Frank Lipnizki prepared has 35 scientific papers in peer to peer journals and 91 papers in international congresses plus 59 seminars and workshop presentations. Furthermore, he edited 3 conference proceedings plus 1 book and contributed 15 book chapters. He is also refree for 32 journals and on the editorial board of three journals. Frank Lipnizki is currently Vice-President of the European Membrane Society and heads the Annex “Membranes in Biorefineries” by IETS – a collaboration program of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden