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Shuxuan Li, Shenju Du, Shaoxiao Liu, Baowei Su, Lihui Han
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Engineering, Chemical
Shuxuan Li, Shaoxiao Liu, Baowei Su, Xueli Gao, Congjie Gao
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(2023)
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Engineering, Chemical
Linhan Ni, Ke Chen, Jia Xie, Qin Li, Junwen Qi, Chaohai Wang, Xiuyun Sun, Jiansheng Li
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2022)
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Engineering, Chemical
Yating Yin, Shaoxiao Liu, Jin Zhou, Yu Peng, Enlin Wang, Lihui Han, Baowei Su
Summary: Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) is a promising membrane technology for organic solvent separation and purification. In this study, a thin film nanocomposite (TFN) OSN membrane with a COFs-polyamide selective layer was successfully fabricated using a one-step in-situ co-polymerization procedure. The TFN OSN membrane showed excellent separation performance and high solvent resistance.
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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Hongru He, Xi Wang, Pan Xu, Shengqi Ma, Henan Peng, Daming Wang, Hongwei Zhou, Chunhai Chen
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Jian Yu, Zhiwen Li, Mengjiao Xia, Ling Zhang, Dieling Zhao, Bisheng Li, Cheng Chen, Yang Jiao, Yanchao Xu, Hongjun Lin
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2023)
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Jiahui Hu, Sushil Kumar, Rifan Hardian, Cong Yang, Gyorgy Szekely
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Bin Zhao, Xingli Long, Hongli Wang, Liang Wang, Yiran Qian, Hongwei Zhang, Chenyang Yang, Zhaohui Zhang, Junjing Li, Cong Ma, Yawei Shi
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Engineering, Chemical
Jinghua Su, Xinghua Lv, Shuxuan Li, Yongxiang Jiang, Shaoxiao Liu, Xia Zhang, Honghai Li, Baowei Su
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Yi-Chen Wang, Wei-Jian Wang, Qian Wang, Zhen-Yuan Wang, Xiang-Yu Yan, Liu-Lin Zhao, Xue-Li Cao, Shi-Peng Sun
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Hongru He, Pan Xu, Daming Wang, Hongwei Zhou, Chunhai Chen
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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Engineering, Chemical
Yingyao He, Jianqiang Wang, Xinyu Fu, Haibo Lin, Weilin Zhang, Xiao Wang, Fu Liu
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(2017)
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(2018)
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(2018)
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(2019)
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(2020)
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Jiawei Hou, Shixuan Guo, Nigel Graham, Wenzheng Yu, Kening Sun, Ting Liu
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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Alexander T. Bridge, Noah P. Wamble, Matthew S. Santoso, Joan F. Brennecke, Benny D. Freeman
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)
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Engineering, Chemical
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)
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Engineering, Chemical
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)