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Two-Dimensional Materials: From Discovery to Application in Membrane Distillation/Crystallization Processes

Chemistry, 2023
Sustainable water desalination and purification membrane processes require new practical pathways to improve their efficiency. To this end, the inclusion of two-dimensional materials in membrane structure has proven to have a significant impact in ...
Mirko Frappa, Francesca Alessandro, Francesca Macedonio, Enrico Drioli   +3 more
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Osmotic Membrane Distillation Crystallization of NaHCO₃

Energies, 2022
A new crystallization process for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) was studied, proposing the use of osmotic membrane distillation crystallization. Crystallization takes place due to the saturation of the feed solution after water evaporation on the feed side,
Mar Garcia Alvarez, Vida Sang Sefidi, Marine Beguin, Alexandre Collet, Raul Bahamonde Soria, Patricia Luis   +5 more
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Membrane-Assisted Crystallization: A Molecular View of NaCl Nucleation and Growth

Applied Sciences, 2018
Membrane-assisted crystallization, aiming to induce supersaturation in a solution, has been successfully tested in the crystallization of ionic salts, low molecular organic acids, and proteins.
Jheng-Han Tsai, Maria Luisa Perrotta, Annarosa Gugliuzza, Francesca Macedonio, Lidietta Giorno, Enrico Drioli, Kuo-Lun Tung, Elena Tocci   +7 more
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Fluoride Removal and Recovery from Water Using Reverse Osmosis and Osmotic Membrane Crystallization

Clean Technologies, 2023
Fluoride is a concern for human health at high concentrations, but it is also a valuable compound with multiple applications. Thus, having a system that gives the opportunity to remove and recover this valuable element from water is highly interesting ...
Wuhib Zeine Ousman, Esayas Alemayehu, Patricia Luis   +2 more
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Protein Crystallization in a Microfluidic Contactor with Nafion^®117 Membranes

Membranes, 2021
Protein crystallization still remains mostly an empirical science, as the production of crystals with the required quality for X-ray analysis is dependent on the intensive screening of the best protein crystallization and crystal’s derivatization ...
M. Polino, H. S. Rho, M. P. Pina, R. Mallada, A. L. Carvalho, M. J. Romão, Isabel Coelhoso, J. G. E. Gardeniers, J. G. Crespo, Carla A. M. Portugal   +9 more
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Membrane distillation crystallization for water and mineral recovery: The occurrence of fouling and its control during wastewater treatment

Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 2022
Membrane distillation crystallization (MDC) is an emerging technology envisaged to manage challenges affecting the desalination industry. This technology can sustainably treat concentrated solutions of produced water and industrially discharged saline ...
Indira Chimanlal, Indira Chimanlal, Lebea N. Nthunya, Lebea N. Nthunya, Cejna Quist-Jensen, Heidi Richards   +5 more
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Mechanisms of membrane protein crystallization in ‘bicelles’

Scientific Reports, 2022
Despite remarkable progress, mainly due to the development of LCP and ‘bicelle’ crystallization, lack of structural information remains a bottleneck in membrane protein (MP) research.
Tatiana N. Murugova, Oleksandr I. Ivankov, Yury L. Ryzhykau, Dmytro V. Soloviov, Kirill V. Kovalev, Daria V. Skachkova, Adam Round, Christian Baeken, Andrii V. Ishchenko, Oleksandr A. Volkov, Andrey V. Rogachev, Alexey V. Vlasov, Alexander I. Kuklin, Valentin I. Gordeliy   +13 more
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Direct localization of detergents and bacteriorhodopsin in the lipidic cubic phase by small-angle neutron scattering

IUCrJ, 2021
Lipidic cubic phase (LCP) crystallization methods have been essential in obtaining crystals of certain membrane proteins, particularly G-protein-coupled receptors.
Thomas Cleveland IV, Emily Blick, Susan Krueger, Anna Leung, Tamim Darwish, Paul Butler   +5 more
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A morphological study of membranes obtained from the systems polylactide-dioxane-methanol, polylactide-dioxane-water and polylactide-N-methyl pyrrolidone-water [PDF]

, 1996
The influence of liquid-liquid demixing, solid-liquid demixing, and vitrification on the membrane morphologies obtained from several polylactide-solvent-nonsolvent systems has been investigated.
Berg, J.W.A. van den, Dijkstra, P.J., Esselbrugge, H., Feijen, J., Witte, P. van de   +4 more
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Membrane Crystallization for Process Intensification and Control: A Review

Engineering, 2021
Crystallization is a fundamental separation technology used for the production of particulate solids. Accurate nucleation and growth process control are vitally important but difficult. A novel controlling technology that can simultaneously intensify the
Xiaobin Jiang, Yushan Shao, Lei Sheng, Peiyu Li, Gaohong He   +4 more
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