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Polymeric Nanocomposite Membranes for Water Filtration

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The entire world is facing with a severe dilemma of water pollution which is mainly concerned with the chemical and biological contaminants that have endangered the quality of drinking water. The Membrane separation technology is vastly acknowledged as an advanced process for water filtration and purification, having the potential to alleviate global matter of contention of freshwater scarcity. Various nanofillers have been used by many in water purification. This methodology has been accepted as feasible and active to produce a multifunctional nanocomposite membrane i.e. membranes with higher performance along with their synergistic effects of organic polymer matrix and inorganic nanomaterials for water and wastewater treatment. Recently, inorganic nanofillers such as inorganic metal oxides (SiO2, TiO2, ZnO, Ag, etc.), carbon based (CNT, GO) and mixed nanoparticles (SiO2-TiO2, GO-TiO2, GO-SiO2, etc.) have been extensively used to prepare polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanocomposite membranes with desired properties for water purification. This review aims to highlight the performance of nanofiller incorporated PVDF membranes and the novel strategies explored for fabrication of the PVDF nanocomposite membrane to cater to the current requirements and expectations of water purification performances.

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Mishra, J.R., Pradhan, S., Mohanty, S., Nayak, S.K. (2021). Polymeric Nanocomposite Membranes for Water Filtration. In: Vaseashta, A., Maftei, C. (eds) Water Safety, Security and Sustainability. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76008-3_7

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