Publications
Publications
2025
Chaubal, A. S., Single, A. J., & Zydney, A. L. (2025). Development of a local wall concentration model for the design of single pass tangential flow filtration (SPTFF) systems with viral vector surrogates. Journal of Membrane Science, 713, 123276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2024.123276
Feng, L., Song, Y., Basuray, S., & Sirkar, K. K. (2025). IgG-BSA separation and purification by internally staged ultrafiltration. Separation and Purification Technology, 354, 129245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2024.129245
2024
Afzal, M. A., Peles, J., & Zydney, A. L. (2024). Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Protein on Virus Retention for Different Virus Removal Filters. Membranes, 14(7), 158. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes14070158
Blevins, A. K., Hu, L., Azad, A. A., Cox, L. M., Killgore, J. P., Lin, H., & Ding, Y. (2024). Impact of Interfaces on the CO2 Permeability of Photopatterned Two-Stage Thiolene Polymer Films. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01987
Cairney, H. T., Hjelvik, E. A., & Straub, A. P. (2024). Impact of Oxidative Chemicals on Hydrophobic Porous Membranes Used in Membrane Distillation. ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2(4), 1162-1169. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.4c00152
Fung, K., Fan, S., Kolibaba, T. J., Caplins, B. W., Killgore, J. P., Ding, X., & Ding, Y. (2024). 3D Printed Helmholtz Microstreaming Structures: Analysis of Bubble Dynamics, Bulk Fluid Disturbance, and Resiliency in Nonquiescent Conditions. ACS ES&T Water, 4(4), 1741-1750. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00781
Hackett, C., Hale, D., Bair, B., Manson-Endeboh, G-.D., Hao, X., Qian, X., Wickramasinghe, S. R., Thompson, A. (2024). Polysulfone Ultrafiltration Membranes Fabricated from Green Solvents: Significance of Coagulation Bath Composition. Separation and Purification Technology, 332, 125752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.125752
Kim, Y., Kim, T., Kang, D. E., Kracaw, R. B., Lukaszewski, A. J., Szymanski, J. S., ... & Oh, H. J. (2024). Weak Polyelectrolyte Membranes with a Wide Ion-Exchange Capacity (IEC) Range and Limited Water Swelling in Clean Technologies for Sustainability. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 6(18), 11334-11349. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c01877
Leach, M., Cox, C., Wickramasinghe, S. R., Chwatko, M., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2024). Role of Microfiltration Membrane Morphology on Nanoparticle Purification to Enhance Downstream Purification of Viral Vectors. ACS Applied Bio Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c00272
Ma, Q., Lei, Q., Liu, F., Song, Z., Khusid, B., & Zhang, W. (2024). Evaluation of commercial nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane filtration to remove per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Effects of transmembrane pressures and water matrices. Water Environment Research, 96(2), e10983. https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.10983
Ma, Q., Zhang, J., Zhu, G., Ahuja, N., Khusid, B., & Zhang, W. (2024). Effects of surfactants, ion valency and solution temperature on PFAS rejection in commercial reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) processes. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 66, 106039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.106039
McKean, T., Bates, L., Bates, G., Wiersma-Mosley, J. D., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2024, June). A multi-tiered mentoring community approach to research experiences for local students from disadvantaged and underrepresented minority backgrounds. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 9, p. 1366063). Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1366063
Regmi, C., Thamaraiselvan, C., Jebur, M., Qian, X., & Wickramasinghe, R. (2024). Advancing produced water treatment: Scaling up EC-MF-MDC technology from lab to pilot scale. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 201, 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2023.11.027
Zhang, D., Wickramasinghe, S. R., Zydney, A. L., Smelko, J. P., Loman, A., Wheeler, A., & Qian, X. (2024). Proteomic analysis of host cell protein fouling during bioreactor harvesting. Biotechnology progress, e3453. https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.3453
2023
Afzal, M. A., & Zydney, A. L. (2023). Impact of proteins and protein fouling on virus retention during virus removal filtration. Biotechnology and bioengineering, 10.1002/bit.28607. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.28607
Anari, Z., Morrissey, K., Kékedy-Nagy, L., Daneshpour, R., Abolhassani, M., Moore, J., Thoma, G., & Greenlee, L. (2023). Pressure-driven membrane nutrient preconcentration for down-stream electrochemical struvite recovery. Separation and Purification Technology, 309, Article 122907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122907
Chamani, H., Rabbani, A., Russell, K. P., Zydney, A. L., Gomez, E. D., Hattrick-Simpers, J., & Werber, J. R. (2023). Data-science-based reconstruction of 3-D membrane pore structure using a single 2-D micrograph. Journal of Membrane Science, 678, Article 121673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121673
Chaubal, A.S.; Zydney, A.L. (2023). Single-Pass Tangential Flow Filtration (SPTFF) of Nanoparticles: Achieving Sustainable Operation with Dilute Colloidal Suspensions for Gene Therapy Applications. Membranes, 13, 433. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13040433
Dada, S.O.; Thamariselvan, C.; Jebur, M.; Wickramasinghe, S.R. (2023). Innovative Approaches to Poultry Processing Wastewater Treatment: The Stainless Steel Ultrafiltration Membrane as a Viable Option. Membranes, 13, 880. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13110880
Jebur, M., Cao. Y., Malmali, M., Qian. X., Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2023). Treating Hydraulic Fracturing Produced Water by Electrocoagulation. Separation Science and Technology, 58(6), 1111-1120. https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2023.2179492
Kaya, H., Fan, S., Kim, S. H., Ding, Y., & Vogt, B. D. (2023). IR Spectroscopic Ellipsometry to Characterize Microfiltration Membranes. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 5(6), 3928-3937. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c00083
Lei, Q., Elele, E., Shen, Y., Tang, J., Guerra, K. L., Leitz, F., & Khusid, B. (2023). Evaluating the Efficiency of Magnetic Treatment for Feed Water in Reverse Osmosis Processes. Membranes, 13(7), 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13070641
Lopez, K. P., Wang, R., Hjelvik, E. A., Lin, S., & Straub, A. P. (2023). Toward a universal framework for evaluating transport resistances and driving forces in membrane-based desalination processes. Science Advances, 9(1), eade0413. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade0413
Liu, W., Wang, R., Straub, A. P., & Lin, S. (2023). Membrane Design Criteria and Practical Viability of Pressure-Driven Distillation. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(5), 2129-2137. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c07765
Mohammadzadehmarandi, A., Determan, A., Krumm, C., McIntosh, L. D., & Zydney, A. L. (2023). High‐performance countercurrent membrane purification for host cell protein removal from monoclonal antibody products. Biotechnology and bioengineering, 120(12), 3585-3591. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.28531
Nguyen, D. T., Lee, S., Lopez, K. P., Lee, J., & Straub, A. P. (2023). Pressure-driven distillation using air-trapping membranes for fast and selective water purification. Science Advances, 9(28), eadg6638. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg6638
Nguyen, D. T., Lopez, K. P., Lee, S., Lee, J., Hernandez, M. T., & Straub, A. P. (2023). Water Desalination via Pressure-Driven Distillation with Chlorine-Resistant and Large-Area Polymeric Membranes. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 10(8), 711-717. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00391
Park, D. J., Supekar, O. D., Bright, V. M., Greenberg, A. R., & Gopinath, J. T. (2023). Raman spectroscopy for real-time concurrent detection of multiple scalants on RO membranes. Desalination, 565, 116851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.116851
Peles, J., Cacace, B., Carbrello, C., Giglia, S., & Zydney, A. L. (2023). Protein fouling during constant‐flux virus filtration: Mechanisms and modeling. Biotechnology and bioengineering, 120(11), 3357-3367. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.28511
Russell, K. P., Zydney, A. L., & Gomez, E. D. (2023). Impact of virus filter pore size/morphology on virus retention behavior. Journal of Membrane Science, 670, 121335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121335
Shirataki, H., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2023). Modeling virus filtration based on a multilayer membrane morphology and pore size distribution. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 194, 108903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2023.108903
Shirataki, H., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2023). Predicting virus filter performance using an advanced membrane structural model. Journal of Membrane Science, 685, 121929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121929
Song, Y., Feng, L., Basuray, S., Sirkar, K. K., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2023). Hemoglobin-BSA separation and purification by internally staged ultrafiltration. Separation and Purification Technology, 312, 123363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123363
Song, Y., Sirkar, K. K. (2023). Hollow fiber membrane supported metal organic framework-based packed bed for gas/vapor adsorption. Chemical Engineering Journal, 454, 140228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140228
Sundar, V., Zhang, D., Qian, X., Wickramasinghe, S. R., Smelko, J. P., Carbrello, C., ... & Zydney, A. L. (2023). Use of scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy to identify key fouling species during alternating tangential filtration. Biotechnology progress, 39(3), e3336. https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.3336
2022
Afzal, M. A., & Zydney, A. L. (2022). Effect of filtrate flux and process disruptions on virus retention by a relatively homogeneous virus removal membrane. Biotechnology progress, 38(4), e3255. https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.3255
Blevins, A. K., Wang, M., Lehmann, M. L., Hu, L., Fan, S., Stafford, C. M., ... & Ding, Y. (2022). Photopatterning of two stage reactive polymer networks with CO 2-philic thiol–acrylate chemistry: enhanced mechanical toughness and CO 2/N 2 selectivity. Polymer Chemistry, 13(17), 2495-2505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2PY00148A
Cao, Y., Malmali, M., Qian, X., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2022). Continuous electrocoagulation-membrane distillation unit for treating hydraulic fracturing produced water. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 50, Article 103219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103219
Chen, S. T., Xu, W., Cai, K., Ferreira, G., Ranil Wickramasinghe, S., & Qian, X. (2022). Factors affecting robustness of anion exchange chromatography: Selective retention of minute virus of mice using membrane media. Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 1210, 123449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2022.123449
Chiao, Y.-H., Cao, Y., Ang, M. B. M.Y., Sengupta, A., Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2022). Application of superomniphobic electrospun membrane for treatment of real produced water through membrane distillation. Desalination 528,115602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2022.115602
Chu, L. K., Wickramasinghe, S. R., Qian, X., & Zydney, A. L. (2022). Retention and Fouling during Nanoparticle Filtration: Implications for Membrane Purification of Biotherapeutics. Membranes, 12(3), 299. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12030299
Fan, S., Blevins, A., Martinez, J., & Ding, Y. (2022). Effects of Co-diluent on the pore structure, patterning fidelity, and properties of membranes fabricated by lithographically templated thermally induced phase separation. Journal of Membrane Science, 662, 121023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121023
Fung, K., Li, Y., Fan, S., Fajrial, A. K., Ding, Y., & Ding, X. (2022). Acoustically excited microstructure for on-demand fouling mitigation in a microfluidic membrane filtration device. Journal of Membrane Science Letters, 2(1), 100012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memlet.2021.100012
Isu, S., Qian, X., Zydney, A. L., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2022). Process-and Product-Related Foulants in Virus Filtration. Bioengineering, 9(4), 155. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9040155
Jabra, M. G., & Zydney, A. L. (2022). Design and optimization of Single Pass Tangential Flow Filtration for inline concentration of monoclonal antibodies. Journal of Membrane Science, 643(C). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120047
Lee, S., & Straub, A. P. (2022). Analysis of volatile and semivolatile organic compound transport in membrane distillation modules. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2(7), 1188-1199. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.1c00432
Martinez, J., Fan, S., Rabade, S., Blevins, A. K., Fung, K., Killgore, J. P., ... & Ding, Y. (2022). Capillary infiltration kinetics in highly asymmetric porous membranes and the resulting debonding behaviors. Polymer, 263, 125529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125529
McIntee, O. M., Welch, B. C., Greenberg, A. R., George, S. M., & Bright, V. M. (2022). Elastic modulus of polyamide thin films formed by molecular layer deposition. Polymer, 255, 125167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125167
Song, Y., Peng, C., Iqbal, Z., Sirkar, K. K., Peterson, G. W., Mahle, J. J., & Buchanan, J. H. (2022). Graphene Oxide and Metal–Organic Framework-Based Breathable Barrier Membranes for Toxic Vapors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14(27), 31321-31331. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c07989
Wu, H., Kanora, A., & Schwartz, D. K. (2022). Fouling of microfiltration membranes by bidisperse particle solutions. Journal of Membrane Science, 641, 119878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119878
2021
Cervellere, M. R., Qian, X., Ford, D. M., Carbrello, C., Giglia, S., & Millett, P. C. (2021). Phase-field modeling of non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) for PES/NMP/Water with comparison to experiments. Journal of Membrane Science, 619, 118779. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118779
Chau, J., Sirkar, K. K., Pennisi, K. J., Vaseghi, G., Derdour, L., & Cohen, B. (2021). Novel perfluorinated nanofiltration membranes for isolation of pharmaceutical compounds. Separation and Purification Technology, 258, 117944. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117944
Culp, T. E., Khara, B., Brickey, K. P., Geitner, M., Zimudzi, T. J., Wilbur, J. D., ... & Gomez, E. D. (2021). Nanoscale control of internal inhomogeneity enhances water transport in desalination membranes. Science, 371(6524), 72-75. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb8518
Fan, R., Namila, F., Sansongko, D., Wickramasinghe, S. R., Jin, M., Kanani, D., & Qian, X. (2021). The effects of flux on the clearance of minute virus of mice during constant flux virus filtration. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 118(9), 3511-3521. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27778
Jebur, M., Chiao, Y. H., Thomas, K., Patra, T., Cao, Y., Lee, K., ... & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2021). Combined electrocoagulation-microfiltration-membrane distillation for treatment of hydraulic fracturing produced water. Desalination, 500, 114886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114886
Park, D. J., Supekar, O. D., Greenberg, A. R., Gopinath, J. T., & Bright, V. M. (2021). Real-time monitoring of calcium sulfate scale removal from RO desalination membranes using Raman spectroscopy. Desalination, 497, 114736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114736
Rodrigues, L. N., Sirkar, K. K., Weisbrod, K. R., Ahern, J. C., & Beuscher, U. (2021). Porous hydrophobic-hydrophilic Janus membranes for nondispersive membrane solvent extraction. Journal of Membrane Science, 637, 119633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119633
Yehl, C. J., & Zydney, A. L. (2021). Characterization of dextran transport and molecular weight cutoff (MWCO) of large pore size hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 622, 119025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.119025
Zhang, D., Patel, P., Strauss, D., Qian, X., & Ranil Wickramasinghe, S. (2021). Modeling tangential flow filtration using reverse asymmetric membranes for bioreactor harvesting. Biotechnology Progress, 37(1), e3084. https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.3084
2020
Aghajani, M., Greenberg, A. R., & Ding, Y. (2020). Thin film composite membranes: Does the porous support truly have negligible resistance?. Journal of Membrane Science, 609, 118207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118207
Azizighannad, S., Intrchom, W., & Mitra, S. (2020). Raman imaging of membrane fouling. Separation and Purification Technology, 242, 116763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116763
Blevins, A. K., Cox, L. M., Hu, L., Drisko, J. A., Lin, H., Bowman, C. N., ... & Ding, Y. (2020). Spatially Controlled Permeability and Stiffness in Photopatterned Two-Stage Reactive Polymer Films for Enhanced CO2 Barrier and Mechanical Toughness. Macromolecules, 54(1), 44-52. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02355?ref=pdf
Chiao, Y. H., Chen, S. T., Sivakumar, M., Ang, M. B. M. Y., Patra, T., Almodovar, J., ... & Lai, J. Y. (2020). Zwitterionic polymer brush grafted on polyvinylidene difluoride membrane promoting enhanced ultrafiltration performance with augmented antifouling property. Polymers, 12(6), 1303. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12061303
Chiao, Y. H., Chen, S. T., Yap Ang, M. B. M., Patra, T., Castilla-Casadiego, D. A., Fan, R., ... & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2020). High-performance polyacrylic acid-grafted PVDF nanofiltration membrane with good antifouling property for the textile industry. Polymers, 12(11), 2443. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12112443
Chiao, Y. H., Patra, T., Belle Marie Yap Ang, M., Chen, S. T., Almodovar, J., Qian, X., ... & Lai, J. Y. (2020). Zwitterion co-polymer pei-sbma nanofiltration membrane modified by fast second interfacial polymerization. Polymers, 12(2), 269. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12020269
Chiao, Y. H., Sengupta, A., Chen, S. T., Hung, W. S., Lai, J. Y., Upadhyaya, L., ... & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2020). Novel thin-film composite forward osmosis membrane using polyethylenimine and its impact on membrane performance. Separation Science and Technology, 55(3), 590-600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2019.1567552
Chiao, Y. H., Yap Ang, M. B. M., Huang, Y. X., DePaz, S. S., Chang, Y., Almodovar, J., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2020). A “graft to” electrospun zwitterionic bilayer membrane for the separation of hydraulic fracturing-produced water via membrane distillation. Membranes, 10(12), 402. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10120402
Cox, L. M., Martinez, A. M., Blevins, A. K., Sowan, N., Ding, Y., & Bowman, C. N. (2020). Nanoimprint lithography: Emergent materials and methods of actuation. Nano Today, 31, 100838. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2019.100838
Fan, S., Aghajani, M., Wang, M., Martinez, J., & Ding, Y. (2020). Patterning flat-sheet Poly (vinylidene fluoride) membrane using templated thermally induced phase separation. Journal of Membrane Science, 616, 118627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118627
Kamaz, M., Jones, S. M., Qian, X., Watts, M. J., Zhang, W., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2020). Atrazine removal from municipal wastewater using a membrane bioreactor. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2567. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fijerph17072567
Peng, C., Iqbal, Z., Sirkar, K. K., & Peterson, G. W. (2020). Graphene oxide-based membrane as a protective barrier against toxic vapors and gases. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 12(9), 11094-11103. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c00615
Supekar, O. D., Park, D. J., Greenberg, A. R., Gopinath, J. T., & Bright, V. M. (2020). Real-time detection of early-stage calcium sulfate and calcium carbonate scaling using Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Membrane Science, 596, 117603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114736
Tang, Y. H., Ledieu, E., Cervellere, M. R., Millett, P. C., Ford, D. M., & Qian, X. (2020). Formation of polyethersulfone membranes via nonsolvent induced phase separation process from dissipative particle dynamics simulations. Journal of Membrane Science, 599, 117826. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.117826
Upadhyaya, L., Chiao, Y. H., Wickramasinghe, S. R., & Qian, X. (2020). Cu (I/II) Metal–Organic Frameworks Incorporated Nanofiltration Membranes for Organic Solvent Separation. Membranes, 10(11), 313. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10110313
Welch, B. C., McIntee, O. M., Ode, A. B., McKenzie, B. B., Greenberg, A. R., Bright, V. M., & George, S. M. (2020). Continuous polymer films deposited on top of porous substrates using plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition and molecular layer deposition. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 38(5). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0000271
Wu, H., Cai, Y., & Schwartz, D. K. (2020). Particle remobilization in filtration membranes during flow interruption. Journal of Membrane Science, 610, 118405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118405
Wu, H., & Schwartz, D. K. (2020). Nanoparticle tracking to probe transport in porous media. Accounts of Chemical Research, 53(10), 2130-2139. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00408
2019
Anari, Z., Sengupta, A., Sardari, K., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2019). Surface modification of PVDF membranes for treating produced waters by direct contact membrane distillation. Separation and Purification Technology, 224, 388-396. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fijerph16050685
Cervellere, M. R., Tang, Y. H., Qian, X., Ford, D. M., & Millett, P. C. (2019). Mesoscopic simulations of thermally-induced phase separation in PVDF/DPC solutions. Journal of Membrane Science, 577, 266-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.02.014
Chau, J., Singh, D., & Sirkar, K. K. (2019). 110th Anniversary: Liquid separation membranes based on nanowire substrates for organic solvent nanofiltration and membrane distillation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58(31), 14350-14356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02292
Chiao, Y. H., Chen, S. T., Patra, T., Hsu, C. H., Sengupta, A., Hung, W. S., ... & Lai, J. Y. (2019). Zwitterionic forward osmosis membrane modified by fast second interfacial polymerization with enhanced antifouling and antimicrobial properties for produced water pretreatment. Desalination, 469, 114090. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2019.114090
Chiao, Y. H., Sengupta, A., Chen, S. T., Huang, S. H., Hu, C. C., Hung, W. S., ... & Lai, J. Y. (2019). Zwitterion augmented polyamide membrane for improved forward osmosis performance with significant antifouling characteristics. Separation and Purification Technology, 212, 316-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2018.09.079
Dwulet, G. E., Dischinger, S. M., McGrath, M. J., Basalla, A. J., Malecha, J. J., Noble, R. D., & Gin, D. L. (2019). Breathable, polydopamine-coated nanoporous membranes that selectively reject nerve and blister agent simulant vapors. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58(47), 21890-21893. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04738
Elele, E., Shen, Y., Tang, J., Lei, Q., Khusid, B., Tkacik, G., & Carbrello, C. (2019). Mechanical properties of polymeric microfiltration membranes. Journal of membrane science, 591, 117351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117351
Gamage, T., Sengupta, A., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2019). Surface modified polypropylene membranes for treating hydraulic fracturing produced waters by membrane distillation. Separation Science and Technology, 54(17), 2921-2932. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050685
Hung, W. S., Chiao, Y. H., Sengupta, A., Lin, Y. W., Wickramasinghe, S. R., Hu, C. C., ... & Lai, J. Y. (2019). Tuning the interlayer spacing of forward osmosis membranes based on ultrathin graphene oxide to achieve desired performance. Carbon, 142, 337-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.10.058
Kamaz, M., Sengupta, A., Gutierrez, A., Chiao, Y. H., & Wickramasinghe, R. (2019). Surface modification of PVDF membranes for treating produced waters by direct contact membrane distillation. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(5), 685. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050685
Kamaz, M., Wickramasinghe, S. R., Eswaranandam, S., Zhang, W., Jones, S. M., Watts, M. J., & Qian, X. (2019). Investigation into micropollutant removal from wastewaters by a membrane bioreactor. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8), 1363. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fijerph16081363
Namila, F. N. U., Zhang, D., Traylor, S., Nguyen, T., Singh, N., Wickramasinghe, R., & Qian, X. (2019). The effects of buffer condition on the fouling behavior of MVM virus filtration of an Fc‐fusion protein. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 116(10), 2621-2631. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27085
Puranik, A. A., Rodrigues, L. N., Chau, J., Li, L., & Sirkar, K. K. (2019). Porous hydrophobic-hydrophilic composite membranes for direct contact membrane distillation. Journal of membrane science, 591, 117225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117225
Sardari, K., Fyfe, P., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2019). Integrated electrocoagulation–Forward osmosis–Membrane distillation for sustainable water recovery from hydraulic fracturing produced water. Journal of Membrane Science, 574, 325-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.12.075
Wang, M., Stafford, C. M., Cox, L. M., Blevins, A. K., Aghajani, M., Killgore, J. P., & Ding, Y. (2019). Controlled growth of polyamide films atop homogenous and heterogeneous hydrogels using gel–liquid interfacial polymerization. Macromolecular chemistry and physics, 220(13), 1900100. https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201900100
2018
Aghajani, M., Wang, M., Cox, L. M., Killgore, J. P., Greenberg, A. R., & Ding, Y. (2018). Influence of support-layer deformation on the intrinsic resistance of thin film composite membranes. Journal of membrane science, 567, 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.memsci.2018.09.031
Anari, Z., Sengupta, A., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2018). Surface oxidation of ethylenechlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) membrane for the treatment of real produced water by membrane distillation. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(8), 1561. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fijerph15081561
Cai, Y., & Schwartz, D. K. (2018). Single-nanoparticle tracking reveals mechanisms of membrane fouling. Journal of membrane science, 563, 888-895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.06.044
Dwulet, G. E., & Gin, D. L. (2018). Ordered nanoporous lyotropic liquid crystal polymer resin for heterogeneous catalytic aerobic oxidation of alcohols. Chemical Communications, 54(85), 12053-12056. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC05661G
Heinz, O., Aghajani, M., Greenberg, A. R., & Ding, Y. (2018). Surface-patterning of polymeric membranes: fabrication and performance. Current opinion in chemical engineering, 20, 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2018.01.008
Kamaz, M., Rocha, P., Sengupta, A., Qian, X., & Wickramasinghe, R. S. (2018). Efficient removal of chemically toxic dyes using microorganism from activated sludge: Understanding sorption mechanism, kinetics, and associated thermodynamics. Separation Science and Technology, 53(11), 1760-1776. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2018.1440305
Malmali, M., Askegaard, J., Sardari, K., Eswaranandam, S., Sengupta, A., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2018). Evaluation of ultrafiltration membranes for treating poultry processing wastewater. Journal of water process engineering, 22, 218-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2018.02.010
Sardari, K., Askegaard, J., Chiao, Y. H., Darvishmanesh, S., Kamaz, M., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2018). Electrocoagulation followed by ultrafiltration for treating poultry processing wastewater. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 6(4), 4937-4944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2018.07.022
Sardari, K., Fyfe, P., Lincicome, D., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2018). Aluminum electrocoagulation followed by forward osmosis for treating hydraulic fracturing produced waters. Desalination, 428, 172-181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2017.11.030
Sardari, K., Fyfe, P., Lincicome, D., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2018). Combined electrocoagulation and membrane distillation for treating high salinity produced waters. Journal of Membrane Science, 564, 82-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.06.041
Supekar, O. D., Brown, J. J., Greenberg, A. R., Gopinath, J. T., & Bright, V. M. (2018). Real-time detection of reverse-osmosis membrane scaling via Raman spectroscopy. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(47), 16021-16026. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01272
Upadhyaya, L., Qian, X., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2018). Chemical modification of membrane surface—overview. Current opinion in chemical engineering, 20, 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2018.01.002
2017
Aghajani, M., Maruf, S. H., Wang, M., Yoshimura, J., Pichorim, G., Greenberg, A., & Ding, Y. (2017). Relationship between permeation and deformation for porous membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 526, 293-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.12.048
Ahmadiannamini, P., Eswaranandam, S., Wickramasinghe, R., & Qian, X. (2017). Mixed-matrix membranes for efficient ammonium removal from wastewaters. Journal of Membrane Science, 526, 147-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.12.032
Cai, Y., & Schwartz, D. K. (2017). Mapping the functional tortuosity and spatiotemporal heterogeneity of porous polymer membranes with super-resolution nanoparticle tracking. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 9(49), 43258-43266. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b15335
Ding, Y., Maruf, S., Aghajani, M., & Greenberg, A. R. (2017). Surface patterning of polymeric membranes and its effect on antifouling characteristics. Separation Science and Technology, 52(2), 240-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2016.1201115
Dischinger, S. M., McGrath, M. J., Bourland, K. R., Noble, R. D., & Gin, D. L. (2017). Effect of post-polymerization anion-exchange on the rejection of uncharged aqueous solutes in nanoporous, ionic, lyotropic liquid crystal polymer membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 529, 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.01.049
Malmali, M., Fyfe, P., Lincicome, D., Sardari, K., & Wickramasinghe, S. R. (2017). Selecting membranes for treating hydraulic fracturing produced waters by membrane distillation. Separation science and technology, 52(2), 266-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2016.1244550
Rickman, M., Maruf, S., Kujundzic, E., Davis, R. H., Greenberg, A., Ding, Y., & Pellegrino, J. (2017). Fractionation and flux decline studies of surface-patterned nanofiltration membranes using NaCl-glycerol-BSA solutions. Journal of Membrane Science, 527, 102-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.01.007
Yavari, M., Maruf, S., Ding, Y., & Lin, H. (2017). Physical aging of glassy perfluoropolymers in thin film composite membranes. Part II. Glass transition temperature and the free volume model. Journal of membrane science, 525, 399-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.08.033
2016
Maruf, S. H., Greenberg, A. R., & Ding, Y. (2016). Influence of substrate processing and interfacial polymerization conditions on the surface topography and permselective properties of surface-patterned thin-film composite membranes. Journal of membrane science, 512, 50-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.04.003