Advances in Functional Separation Membranes

Membrane technology has received great popularity in many industrial sectors and significantly enhanced our abilities to restructure production processes, protect the environment and public health, and provide competitive strategies for separation and purification. However, the need for sustainable development has imposed new targets for this technology, such as more effective/precise separation and stricter admissible limits for the discharge of contaminants into the environment.

Focusing on hot topic environment-related applications, Advances in Functional Separation Membranes introduces emerging membranes nanoengineered with attractive functions and discusses their key features. It also provides a comprehensive guide to various design strategies for such functional membranes, making it useful reference for environmental chemists and membrane engineers alike.

Xin Li received his Ph.D. degree from Nanjing University of Science & Technology (China) under the supervision of Prof. Jiansheng Li (2016). He has been a visiting student at the research group of Prof. Bart Van der Bruggen in KU Leuven (Belgium) since 2015 and obtained Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Prof. Bart Van der Bruggen in the Department of Chemical Engineering in 2017. He is currently a research fellow in Prof. Rong Wang's research group at the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He has authored 25 publications in international journals and 1 book chapter. His research interests include nanomaterials, nano-enhanced membranes, and novel membrane processes for separation.

Jiuyang Lin is currently an associate professor at Fuzhou University (China). He obtained his Bachelor and Master degrees from Wuhan University (China) in 2008 and 2011, respectively. Afterwards, he joined the group of Prof. Bart Van der Bruggen at KU Leuven (Belgium) and obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2015. He has authored more than 50 publications in international journals (h-index of 22) and 1 book chapter. His current research interests include membrane fabrication, membrane surface chemistry and integrated membrane process intensification for sustainable resource recovery from wastewaters. He was awarded the “Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research” 2019 Class of Influential Researchers by American Chemical Society.

Dr Shuaifei Zhao is a membrane scientist with more than 10-year R & D experience in various membrane materials and processes. He received his PhD from the University of South Australia in 2012. He has worked in several world-leading membrane research teams at Nanyang Technical University, Zhejiang University, Nanjing Tech University, CSIRO, Kobe University and Deakin University. His research interest covers osmotically-driven, pressure-driven, and thermal-driven membranes and processes for environmental and energy applications, such as water treatment, carbon capture and energy generation/recovery. He has published over 72 international journal papers in the fields of chemical engineering, environmental engineering, materials science, and engineering.