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ArticleMembranes2024

Enhancing Water Purification by Integrating Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes into Polyethersulfone Membranes for Improved Hydrophilicity and Anti-Fouling Performance.

Ayesha Bilal, Muhammad Yasin, Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Hamad Almohamadi, Mohammad Younas, Azeem Mushtaq, Muhammad Aslam, Mehdi Hassan, Rab Nawaz and 4 more

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Article in Membranes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Ayesha BilalDepartment of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Muhammad YasinDepartment of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Faheem Hassan AkhtarDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore 54792, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-6367-5011
Mazhar Amjad GilaniDepartment of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Hamad AlmohamadiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah 42351, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad YounasDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Chemical and Industrial Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-3234-3297
Azeem MushtaqDepartment of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-8003-3034
Muhammad AslamDepartment of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Mehdi HassanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Baltistan, Skardu 16100, Pakistan.
Rab NawazCenter for Applied Mathematics and Bioinformatics (CAMB), Gulf University for Science and Technology, Hawally 32093, Kuwait.ORCID 0000-0002-9707-0608
Aqsha AqshaDepartment of Bioenergy Engineering and Chemurgy, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institute Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia.ORCID 0000-0002-9345-0910
Jaka SunarsoResearch Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Jalan Simpang Tiga, Kuching 93350, Sarawak, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-5234-7431
Muhammad Roil BiladFaculty of Integrated Technologies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong BE 1410, Brunei.ORCID 0000-0001-7292-6046
Asim Laeeq KhanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah 42351, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water pollution remains a critical concern, one necessitated by rapidly increasing industrialization and urbanization. Among the various strategies for water purification, membrane technology stands out, with polyethersulfone (PES) often being the material of choice due to its robust mechanical properties, thermal stability, and chemical resistance. However, PES-based membranes tend to exhibit low hydrophilicity, leading to reduced flux and poor anti-fouling performance. This study addresses these limitations by incorporating titanium dioxide nanotubes (TiO

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mixed matrix membranesTiO2 nanotubeswater purification

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PMID38786950
PMCPMC11123263

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