Enantioselective Membranes for Pharmaceutical Applications: A Comprehensive Review.

In the past decade, significant advances have been made in the field of chiral separation, which is crucial for biological and pharmaceutical applications. Enantioselective membranes have emerged as a promising platform for efficient chiral separation due to their unique properties such as large surface area, tunable pore size, and high selectivity. These membranes are particularly effective in separating enantiomers because of their ability to facilitate selective interactions between the membrane material and chiral molecules.

Biodegradable Electrospun Membranes for Sustainable Industrial Applications.

The escalating demand for sustainable industrial practices has driven the exploration of innovative materials, prominently exemplified by biodegradable electrospun membranes (BEMs). This review elucidates the pivotal role of these membranes across diverse industrial applications, addressing the imperative for sustainability. Furthermore, a comprehensive overview of biodegradable materials underscores their significance in electrospinning and their role in minimizing the environmental impact through biodegradability.

Carbon nanomaterials for designing next-generation membranes and their emerging applications.

Carbon nanomaterials have enormous applications in various fields, such as adsorption, membrane separation, catalysis, electronics, capacitors, batteries, and medical sciences. Owing to their exceptional properties, such as large specific surface area, carrier mobility, flexibility, electrical conductivity, and optical pellucidity, the family of carbon nanomaterials is considered as one of the most studied group of materials to date. They are abundantly used in membrane science for multiple applications, such as the separation of organics, enantiomeric separation, gas separation, biomolecule separation, heavy metal separation, and wastewater treatment.