A5021196667- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
- Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
- Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
- Advanced battery technologies research
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- Ionic liquids properties and applications
- Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- European Monetary and Fiscal Policies
- Synthesis and properties of polymers
- Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
University of Calabria
2012-2024
European Central Bank
2023
Institute on Membrane Technology
2012-2019
Rede de Química e Tecnologia
2014-2019
Universidad de Zaragoza
2016-2019
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2015-2019
National Research Council
2013-2016
Renfe Operadora (Spain)
2016
Presidenza Del Consiglio Dei Ministri
2013
Confederazione Nazionale dell'Artigianato e Della Piccola e Media Impresa
2012
Abstract Water and energy are two strategic drivers of sustainable development, intimately interlaced vital for a secure future humanity. Given that water resources limited, whereas global population demand exponentially growing, the competitive balance between these resources, referred to as water-energy nexus, is receiving renewed focus. The desalination industry alleviates stress by producing freshwater from saline sources, such seawater, brackish or groundwater. Since last decade, market...
Electrospinning is an emerging technique for the preparation of electrospun fiber membranes (ENMs), and a very promising one on basis high-yield scalability process according to intensification strategy. Most research reported in literature has been focused poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) ENMs by using N,N- dimethylformamide (DMF) as solvent, which considered mutagenic cancerogenic substance. Hence, possibility alternative solvents represents interesting approach investigate. In this work,...
Abstract The control of heat at the nanoscale via excitation localized surface plasmons in nanoparticles (NPs) irradiated with light holds great potential several fields (cancer therapy, catalysis, desalination). To date, most thermoplasmonic applications are based on Ag and Au NPs, whose cost raw materials inevitably limits scalability for industrial requiring large amounts photothermal as case desalination plants. On other hand, alternative nanomaterials proposed so far exhibit severe...
Mining is an economically-beneficial activity recognized as crucial in modern society since almost every aspect of our lives relies on minerals. However, intensive mining activities impose a severe strain the water-energy nexus. In fact, ventures: i) need massive amount water various ore processing steps; ii) generate huge waste (tailings), generally transferred to tailing ponds or dams, that are potential source contamination and adverse ecological effects; iii) energy-intensive practices...
Recently, the excitation of localized surface plasmon resonances in metal nanoparticles (NPs) has been exploited membrane science (especially, distillation) to overcome temperature polarization. However, prohibitive costs state-of-the-art plasmonic NPs such as Ag and Au have opened quest alternative materials. Here, we show that nanoscale photothermal effects activated by light irradiation on nanocomposite membranes made a thin microporous coating polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) loaded with NiSe...
Modern society and industrial development rely heavily on the availability of freshwater minerals. Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) has been widely adopted for supply, although many questions have arisen about its environmental sustainability owing to disposal hypersaline rejected solutions (brine). This scenario accelerated significant developments towards hybridization SWRO with membrane distillation–crystallization (MD-MCr), which can extract water minerals from spent brine. Nevertheless,...
This work proposes an innovative integration of Membrane Distillation (MD) and photo-oxidation for a continuous recovery water from arsenic (As) contaminated solutions coupled with the oxidation arsenite (As(III)) into arsenate (As(V)). Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) containing titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) as photocatalyst were developed. A systematic study elucidated effect TiO2 NPs on membranes' morphology prepared via non-solvent-induced phase...
Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) have consolidated applications in energy conversion and storage systems, like fuel cells battery separators. Moreover, the perspective to address global need for non-carbon-based renewable energies, salinity-gradient power (SGP) harvesting by reverse electrodialysis (RED) is attracting significant interest recent years. In particular, brine solutions produced desalination plants can be used as concentrated streams a SGP-RED stack, providing smart solution...