Recent developments in layer-by-layer assembled systems application in water purification

Chemosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 270 ◽  
pp. 129477
Author(s):  
Claudiu-Augustin Ghiorghita ◽  
Marcela Mihai
RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (29) ◽  
pp. 16869-16883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitesh Dommati ◽  
Saikat Sinha Ray ◽  
Jia-Chang Wang ◽  
Shiao-Shing Chen

Additive manufacturing (AM), which is also commonly known as 3D printing, provides flexibility in the manufacturing of complex geometric parts at competitive prices and within a low production time.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayse Z. Aroguz ◽  
Vesna Teofilović ◽  
Sinem Karademir ◽  
Ljiljana Tanasić ◽  
Sibel Aydogan ◽  
...  

The use of synthetic chemical dyes in various industries, including plastics, paper manufacturing, cloth dyeing, printing and leather treatment, has increased considerably over the last years, resulting in the release of dye-containing effluents into the aquatic and soil ecosystems. There are many techniques to remove the waste after dying process (coagulation, chemical precipitation, reverse osmosis, extraction, filtration, biological treatment and adsorption). The releasing of dyes from many industrial plants is environmentally hazardous. The most important goal for the waste water purification is to find the low-cost adsorbents with high selectivity and long life. In our study, an effort has been made to prepare efficient composite materials for dyes removal from aqueous solution based on medium molecular weights deacetylated chitin i.e. poly(D-glucosamine) and a bio-degradable nontoxic anionic polysaccharide sodium alginate filled with magnetite nanoparticles. Alginate composite beads coated with poly(D-glucosamine) were prepared using layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition method. During the adsorption process the concentrations of dyes in solution waste were determined according to the general spectrophotometer method.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daria Nikolaeva ◽  
Patricia Luis

Polymer-based CO2 selective membranes offer an energy efficient method to separate CO2 from flue gas. ‘Top-down’ polyelectrolytes represent a particularly interesting class of polymer materials based on their vast synthetic flexibility, tuneable interaction with gas molecules, ease of processability into thin films, and commercial availability of precursors. Recent developments in their synthesis and processing are reviewed herein. The four main groups of post-synthetically modified polyelectrolytes discern ionised neutral polymers, cation and anion functionalised polymers, and methacrylate-derived polyelectrolytes. These polyelectrolytes differentiate according to the origin and chemical structure of the precursor polymer. Polyelectrolytes are mostly processed into thin-film composite (TFC) membranes using physical and chemical layer deposition techniques such as solvent-casting, Langmuir-Blodgett, Layer-by-Layer, and chemical grafting. While solvent-casting allows manufacturing commercially competitive TFC membranes, other methods should still mature to become cost-efficient for large-scale application. Many post-synthetically modified polyelectrolytes exhibit outstanding selectivity for CO2 and some overcome the Robeson plot for CO2/N2 separation. However, their CO2 permeance remain low with only grafted and solvent-casted films being able to approach the industrially relevant performance parameters. The development of polyelectrolyte-based membranes for CO2 separation should direct further efforts at promoting the CO2 transport rates while maintaining high selectivities with additional emphasis on environmentally sourced precursor polymers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gylen Odling ◽  
Neil Robertson

Despite a large number of publications in the field, photocatalytic water treatment is still somewhat disconnected from real world application and we highlight recent developments to address this.


RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (62) ◽  
pp. 32858-32865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Liu ◽  
Moon Son ◽  
Hosik Park ◽  
Evrim Celik ◽  
Chiranjib Bhattacharjee ◽  
...  

This study demonstrates anti-fouling properties of surface-modified polyethersulfone composite ultrafiltration membranes prepared by a spray-assisted layer-by-layer technique.


Author(s):  
Pawel Sikora ◽  
Mehdi Chougan ◽  
Karla Cuevas ◽  
Marco Liebscher ◽  
Viktor Mechtcherine ◽  
...  

AbstractAdditive manufacturing (AM), also referred as 3D printing, is a technology that enables building automated three-dimensional objects in a layer-by-layer manner. AM of cement-based and alkali-activated composites has gathered attention over the last decade and is one of the most rapidly developing civil engineering fields. Development of proper mixture compositions which are suitable in fresh and hardened state is one of the key challenges of AM technology in construction. As the behaviour of cement-based materials (CBM) and alkali-activated materials (AAM) is determined by chemical and physical processes at the nano-level, incorporation of nano- and micro-sized admixtures has great influence on the performance of printable composites. These modifications are attributed to the unique reactivity of nanoparticles associated with their small size and large surface area. This review paper summarizes recent developments in the application of nano- and micro-particles on 3D printable cementitious composites and how they influence the performance of 3D-printed construction materials. The research progress on nano-engineered CBM and AAM is reviewed from the view of fresh and hardened properties. Moreover, comparison between nano- and micro-sized admixtures including nanosilica, graphene-based materials, and clay nanoparticles as well as chemical admixtures such as viscosity-modifying admixtures and superplasticizers is presented. Finally, the existing problems in current research and future perspectives are summarized. This review provides useful recommendations toward the significant influence of nano- and micro-sized admixtures on the performance of 3D printable CBMs.


Materials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 432
Author(s):  
Eva Magovac ◽  
Bojana Vončina ◽  
Igor Jordanov ◽  
Jaime C. Grunlan ◽  
Sandra Bischof

A detailed review of recent developments of layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition as a promising approach to reduce flammability of the most widely used fibers (cotton, polyester, polyamide and their blends) is presented. LbL deposition is an emerging green technology, showing numerous advantages over current commercially available finishing processes due to the use of water as a solvent for a variety of active substances. For flame-retardant (FR) purposes, different ingredients are able to build oppositely charged layers at very low concentrations in water (e.g., small organic molecules and macromolecules from renewable sources, inorganic compounds, metallic or oxide colloids, etc.). Since the layers on a textile substrate are bonded with pH and ion-sensitive electrostatic forces, the greatest technological drawback of LbL deposition for FR finishing is its non-resistance to washing cycles. Several possibilities of laundering durability improvements by different pre-treatments, as well as post-treatments to form covalent bonds between the layers, are presented in this review.


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