60 Years of the Loeb-Sourirajan Membrane

60 Years of the Loeb-Sourirajan Membrane: Principles, New Materials, Modelling, Characterization and Applications bring forth theoretical advances, novel characterization techniques, materials development, advanced treatment processes, and emerging applications of membrane-based technologies. The trigger for writing this book is the 2020, 60th anniversary of the first asymmetric polymeric membrane invented by Dr. Sidney Loeb and Dr. Srinivasa Sourirajan (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) on the breakthrough discovery of the semipermeable membrane for seawater desalination.The book places emphasis on the advances of organic and inorganic membranes in different fields, covering not only the primary application of membranes for water and wastewater treatment but also other applications dealing with energy conversion and storage, organic solvent purification, gas separation, and biomedical processes.
- Provides a comprehensive overview on membrane technologies from the fundamental knowledge of fabrication principle and separation mechanisms to a wide range of applications, including new/emerging processes
- Covers the use of new/advanced materials (both organic and inorganic), novel membrane fabrication techniques, and cutting-edge characterization methods for the development of advanced membranes
- Includes advances in computational modeling and simulation of membrane processes

Section 1: Green/Advanced Polymeric Materials1. Ionic liquid-based membrane2. Zwitterionic polymers in biofouling and organic fouling mechanisms3. Recent advances in 3D printed membranes for water applications4. Recent advances of TFC membrane fabrication5. Recent Advances in High-Performance Membrane for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery6. Membranes for vanadium air flow batteriesSection 2: Advanced Inorganic Materials7. Carbon membrane for water/gas separation8. MOF membranes for gas separation and pervaporation9. Advanced ceramic membrane design for separation and energy application10. Recent Advances on Lithium-ion Battery Separators with Enhanced Safety11. Ion exchange membranes for low-temperature polymer exchange membrane fuel cells: current status and future prospectiveSection 3: Advanced Hybrid Materials12. Organosilica membrane for gas separation13. Hybrid Materials for Membrane Distillation14. Metal Organic Frameworks for Membrane Fabrication15. Mixed Matrix Membranes for Ultrafiltration Applications16. Zwitterion-modified Membranes for Water ReclamationSection 4: Computational Modelling and Simulation17. Modeling/simulation on spiral wound membrane18. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling of reverse osmosis membrane systems19. Prediction of Membrane Filtration Based on Transport Model20. Molecular dynamics simulationSection 5: Characterization Methods21. Advanced Characterization of Membrane Surface Fouling22. Analysis of membrane fouling: physical, chemical and biological characterization techniquesSection 6: Emerging & Industrial Applications23. Current status of ion exchange membranes for ED/RED and MCDI/CapMix24. Scaling Issue of RO Membrane25. Ceramic membrane for fuel cell application26. Membrane for gas separation