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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Prospects of Polymeric Nanocomposite Membranes for Water Purification and Scalability and their Health and Environmental Impacts: A Review.

Nouf F Al Harby, Mervette El-Batouti, Mahmoud M Elewa

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nouf F Al HarbyDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Qassim University, Qassim 52571, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4705-890X
Mervette El-BatoutiChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21526, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-1991-1157
Mahmoud M ElewaArab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria P.O. Box 1029, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-1218-2852

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water shortage is a major worldwide issue. Filtration using genuine polymeric membranes demonstrates excellent pollutant separation capabilities; however, polymeric membranes have restricted uses. Nanocomposite membranes, which are produced by integrating nanofillers into polymeric membrane matrices, may increase filtration. Carbon-based nanoparticles and metal/metal oxide nanoparticles have received the greatest attention. We evaluate the antifouling and permeability performance of nanocomposite membranes and their physical and chemical characteristics and compare nanocomposite membranes to bare membranes. Because of the antibacterial characteristics of nanoparticles and the decreased roughness of the membrane, nanocomposite membranes often have greater antifouling properties. They also have better permeability because of the increased porosity and narrower pore size distribution caused by nanofillers. The concentration of nanofillers affects membrane performance, and the appropriate concentration is determined by both the nanoparticles' characteristics and the membrane's composition. Higher nanofiller concentrations than the recommended value result in deficient performance owing to nanoparticle aggregation. Despite substantial studies into nanocomposite membrane manufacturing, most past efforts have been restricted to the laboratory scale, and the long-term membrane durability after nanofiller leakage has not been thoroughly examined.

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3D printingdissolution–diffusion mechanismelectrospinninglocated polymerisationnanoparticlespersistence and toxicityphysical combiningpolymeric nanocomposite membranesscalabilitysize exclusion mechanismsol-gelstability

Identifiers

PMID36296828
PMCPMC9610978

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