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Recent Publications

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  • S. Zhang, H. Li, H. Li, B. Sengupta, S. Zha, S. Li, M. Yu, Negative Charge Confined Amine Carriers within the Nanowire Network for Stable and Efficient Membrane Carbon Capture, Advanced Functional Materials, (2020).

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  • J. Jiang, Q. Dong, F. Zhou, W. L. Xu, S. Li, M. Yu*, Gel-Modulated Growth of High-Quality Zeolite Membranes, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, (2020).

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  • Q. Dong, F. Zhou, J. Jiang, W. L. Xu, D. Behera, B. Sengupta, M. Yu*, Advanced Functional Hierarchical Nanoporous Structures with Tunable Microporous Coatings Formed via an Interfacial Reaction Processing, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, (2020).

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  • H. Li, C. Qiu, S. Ren, Q. Dong, S. Zhang, F. Zhou, X. Liang, J. Wang, S. Li, M. Yu*, Na+ -- gated water-conducting nanochannels for boosting CO2 conversion to liquid fuels, Science, (2020).

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  • M. Fathizadeh, W. L. Xu, M. Shen, E. Jeng, F. Zhou, Q. Dong, D. Behera, and M. Yu*, Antifouling UV-treated GO/PES Hollow fiber membrane in membrane bioreactor (MBR), Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, (2019).

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  • Q. Dong, Z. Song, F. Zhou, H. Li, and M. Yu*, Ultrathin, Fine-tuned Microporous Coating Modified 5A Zeolite for Propane/Propylene Adsorptive Separation, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, (2019).

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  • F. Zhou, H. N. Tien, Q. Dong, W. Xu, H. Li, S. Li, and M. Yu*, Ultrathin, Ethylenediamine-Functionalized Graphene Oxide Membranes on Hollow Fibers for CO2 Capture,  Journal of Membrane Science, (2019).

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  • M. Fathizadeh, K. Khivantsev, T. J Pyrzynski, N. B Klinghoffer, A. N. Shakouri, M. Yu*, and S. Li*, Bio-Mimetic Oxygen Separation via A Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactor with O2 Carrier Solutions, Chemical Communications, (2018).

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  • F. Zhou, M. Fathizadeh and M. Yu*, Sing-to Few-Layered Graphene-Based Membranes for Separation, Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, (2018), invited review.

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  • K. Khivantsev, A. Biancardi, M. Fathizadeh, F. Almalki, J. L. Grant, H. N. Tien, A. Shakouri, D. A. Blom, T. M. Makris, J. R. Regalbuto, M. Caricato, and M. Yu*, Catalytic N-H Bond Breaking By A Singly Dispersed Co II1O4 Site of A Heterogeneous Catalyst, ChemCatChem, (2018).

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  • W. L. Xu, F. Zhou, and M. Yu*, Tuning Water Nanofiltration Performance of Few-Layered, Reduced Graphene Oxide Membranes by Oxygen Plasma, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, (2018).

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  • Z. Song, Q. Dong, W. L. Xu, F. Zhou, X. Liang and M. Yu*, Molecular Layer Deposition (MLD) Modified Zeolites for Highly Efficient CO2 Capture, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, (2018).

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  • F. Zhou, H. N. Tien,W. L. Xu, J-T. Chen, Q. Liu, E. Hicks, M. Fathizadeh, S. Li, and M. Yu*, Ultrathin Graphene Oxide Membranes on Hollow Fiber Membranes with Brush-Like CO2-Philic Agent for Highly Efficient CO2 Capture, Nature Communications, (2017).

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  • M. Fathizadeh, H. N. Tien, K. Khivantsev, J-T. Chen, and M. Yu*, Printing Ultrathin Graphene Oxide Nanofiltration Membranes for Water Purification, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (2017).

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  • M. Fathizadeh, H. N. Tien, K. Khivantsev, Z. Song, F. Zhou, and M. Yu*, Polyamide/Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots (N-GOQD) Thin Film Nanocomposite Reverse Osmosis Membranes for High Flux Desalination, Desalination, (2017).

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