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ReviewEnvironmental science & technology2025

Machine Learning-Aided Inverse Design and Discovery of Novel Polymeric Materials for Membrane Separation.

Raghav Dangayach, Nohyeong Jeong, Elif Demirel, Nigmet Uzal, Victor Fung, Yongsheng Chen

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Review in Environmental science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Polymer-Agent: Large Language Model Agent for Polymer Design.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2026
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  11. Comparative Analysis of Commercial and Novel High-Pressure Membranes for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Removal.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2025
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  12. PLGA-based long-acting injectable (LAI) formulations.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Raghav DangayachSchool of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Nohyeong JeongSchool of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Elif DemirelSchool of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Nigmet UzalSchool of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Victor FungSchool of Computational Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Yongsheng ChenSchool of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9519-2302

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymeric membranes have been widely used for liquid and gas separation in various industrial applications over the past few decades because of their exceptional versatility and high tunability. Traditional trial-and-error methods for material synthesis are inadequate to meet the growing demands for high-performance membranes. Machine learning (ML) has demonstrated huge potential to accelerate design and discovery of membrane materials. In this review, we cover strengths and weaknesses of the traditional methods, followed by a discussion on the emergence of ML for developing advanced polymeric membranes. We describe methodologies for data collection, data preparation, the commonly used ML models, and the explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) tools implemented in membrane research. Furthermore, we explain the experimental and computational validation steps to verify the results provided by these ML models. Subsequently, we showcase successful case studies of polymeric membranes and emphasize inverse design methodology within a ML-driven structured framework. Finally, we conclude by highlighting the recent progress, challenges, and future research directions to advance ML research for next generation polymeric membranes. With this review, we aim to provide a comprehensive guideline to researchers, scientists, and engineers assisting in the implementation of ML to membrane research and to accelerate the membrane design and material discovery process.

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Machine LearningMembranes, ArtificialPolymersMembranes, ArtificialPolymersinverse designmachine learningmaterial discoverypolymeric membraneseparation

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PMID39680111
PMCPMC11755723

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