• Fabrication of sustainable membranes with functionalized nanomaterials (FNMs) 

      Jawad, Jasir; Zaidi, Syed Javaid ( Elsevier Inc. , 2022 , Book chapter)
      Nanomaterials have contributed significantly to the enhancement of technological and industrial development. The conventional membranes used in various separation processes are limited in their abilities, performances, and ...
    • Modeling of osmotically-driven membrane processes: An overview 

      Mohammad Aquib Wakeel, Khan; Zubair, Mohd Muzammil; Saleem, Haleema; AlHawari, Alaa; Zaidi, Syed Javaid ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      In the modern era, mathematical modeling is a promising tool to evaluate the forward osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) systems process feasibility and check the outcome of performance parameters on the overall ...
    • Nanotechnology in decontamination 

      Bhadra, Jolly; Abdulkareem, Asma; Al-Thani, Noora ( Elsevier , 2018 , Book chapter)
      Currently, accessibility of clean water is one of the biggest challenges faced by international society. The emerging field of nanotechnology and its applications has great potential for providing sustainable solutions to ...
    • Pressure retarded osmosis: Advancement, challenges and potential 

      AlZainati, Nahawand; Saleem, Haleema; Altaee, Ali; Zaidi, Syed Javaid; Mohsen, Marwa; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article Review)
      An excessive amount of renewable energy could be possibly produced when solutions of dissimilar salinities are combined simultaneously in a semipermeable membrane. The aforestated energy harnessing for transformation into ...
    • Recent progress in reverse osmosis modeling: An overview 

      Mohd Muzammil, Zubair; Saleem, Haleema; Zaidi, Syed Javaid ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      The increasing worldwide demand for freshwater production requires new and sustainable processes to overcome the shortage of clean water. Reverse osmosis (RO) is regarded as the most efficient type of desalination technology ...
    • Salinity gradient energy generation by pressure retarded osmosis: A review 

      Ralph Rolly, Gonzales; Abdel-Wahab, Ahmed; Adham, Samer; Han, Dong Suk; Phuntsho, Sherub; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)
      Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) has gained attention due to its use as a salinity gradient energy-generating membrane process. This process can convert difference in salinity between two streams into energy as it allows ...
    • Separation of water/oil emulsions by an electrospun copolyamide mat covered with a 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene 

      Moghaddasi, AbdolAli; Sobolčiak, Patrik; Popelka, Anton; Krupa, Igor ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)
      Purpose: Copolyamide 6,10 (coPA) electrospun mats were covered with multilayered (ML) and single-layered (SL) MXene (Ti3C2Tx) as a membrane for the separation of water/vegetable oil emulsions. Methods: Prepared membranes ...
    • Superhydrophobic surfaces for oil-water separation 

      Latthe, S.S.; Sutar, R.S.; Bhosale, A.K.; Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar; Liu, S. ( Elsevier , 2019 , Book chapter)
      Oil spill in the environment is one of the serious issues faced around the world. Efficient oil removal and collection from water is a challenging task. Numerous costly and time-consuming physical, chemical, and biological ...
    • The effect of electro spinning parameters on polystyrene nano fiber morphology: Oil-water separation 

      Bhadra J.; Al-Thani N.J.; Abdulkareem A. ( Desalination Publications , 2018 , Article)
      This manuscript reports optimized conditions necessary to prepare electro-spun nano fibers and microfibers using two different forms of polystyrene (PS) in dimethylformamide (DMF). We conducted a systematic and methodical ...