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Membranes, Volume 15, Issue 5

May 2025 - 30 articles

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Cover Story: Emerging contaminants (ECs) are recently identified substances that pose significant risks to both the environment and human health. These include antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, hormones, microplastics, and various synthetic chemicals, some of which may contribute to the development of bacterial resistance. A recent study detected 35 ECs in Lagoa da Conceição, Florianópolis, Brazil, corroborating findings reported in the international literature. Conventional water treatment methods are often inadequate for the effective removal of these compounds. In contrast, the membrane distillation technique evaluated in this study demonstrated considerable potential as an innovative and efficient method for EC removal. This approach contributes to enhanced water quality and reduced environmental risk, with promising applicability on a large scale. View this paper

Articles (30)

  • Article
  • Open Access
955 Views
16 Pages

Microplasma-Mediated Enhancement of FD-150 Uptake in HL-60 Cells

  • Mahedi Hasan,
  • Jaroslav Kristof,
  • Abubakar Hamza Sadiq,
  • Md Jahangir Alam,
  • Sadia Afrin Rimi,
  • Farhana Begum and
  • Kazuo Shimizu

Lipids are the primary components of cell membranes, and their properties can be temporarily modified by microplasma-generated species to enhance drug uptake. The ability of microplasmas to influence membrane dynamics has made them effective tools fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,228 Views
14 Pages

Preparation of Tannic Acid-Pectin Coated PVDF Membrane for High-Efficiency Separation of Oil and Water Emulsions

  • Liangku Zhai,
  • Jiuyun Cui,
  • Lei Lu,
  • Hailong Wang,
  • Can Wei,
  • Jirong Luo and
  • Atian Xie

The simple preparation of superhydrophilic membranes with good stability is of great significance for efficient oil–water separation. In this work, a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane modified with tannic acid (TA) and pectin (PT) was dev...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,918 Views
21 Pages

Intracellular membrane trafficking that transports proteins, lipids, and other substances between organelles is crucial for maintaining cellular homeostasis and signal transduction. The imbalance of membrane trafficking leads to various diseases. It...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,709 Views
15 Pages

Mesoscopic Structure of Lipid Nanoparticles Studied by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering: A Spherical Core-Triple Shell Model Analysis

  • Hao Li,
  • Panqi Song,
  • Yiwen Li,
  • Shuyang Tu,
  • Mehwish Mehmood,
  • Liang Chen,
  • Na Li and
  • Qiang Tian

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are widely recognized as effective drug delivery systems for RNA therapeutics because their efficacy is critically dependent on structural organization. The mesoscopic architecture of these multicomponent systems, which is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,160 Views
14 Pages

L-Glutamate (L-Glu) and its salt derivatives are widely used in the food industry as flavor enhancers. Although the consumption of these compounds is generally considered safe, some studies suggest that chronically consuming L-Glu may be associated w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,080 Views
12 Pages

Membrane electroporation is an emerging minimally invasive ablation technique being rapidly applied in the ablation treatment of tumors and heart conditions. Different rise times of electric fields lead to variations in the distribution and duration...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
799 Views
15 Pages

Membrane technology has emerged as an effective solution for the purification of oily wastewater, particularly in the separation of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions. However, challenges, such as membrane fouling and the development of robust ceramic memb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,047 Views
21 Pages

The Ammonia Adsorption and Desorption Behavior of Nafion

  • Dominik Sachse,
  • Andreas Glüsen,
  • Klaus Wippermann,
  • Martin Müller,
  • Uwe Rau and
  • Ralf Peters

The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR) for electrochemical ammonia (NH3) synthesis is considered a promising alternative to the energy-intensive and highly CO2-emitting Haber-Bosch process. In numerous experiments, the Nafion membrane...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,398 Views
17 Pages

Coenzyme Q10 Enhances Resilience of Mitochondrial-like Membranes Against Amyloidogenic Peptides

  • Raina Marie Seychell,
  • Adam El Saghir,
  • Gianluca Farrugia and
  • Neville Vassallo

Mitochondria possess a double-membrane envelope which is susceptible to insult by pathogenic intracellular aggregates of amyloid-forming peptides, such as the amyloid-beta (1-42) (Aβ42) peptide and the human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP). Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,300 Views
12 Pages

In-Situ Measurement of Gas Permeability for Membranes in Water Electrolysis

  • Shuaimin Li,
  • Chuan Song,
  • Li Xu,
  • Yuxin Wang and
  • Wen Zhang

Water electrolysis (WE) is a green technology for producing hydrogen gas without the emission of carbon dioxide. The ideal membrane materials in WE should be capable of transporting ions quickly and have gas barrier properties in harsh work environme...

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