JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2020
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IF 7.183
Yanwei Sun,Chunshan Song,Xinwen Guo,Sungwon Hong,Jungkyu Choi,Yi Liu
Metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes have received increasing attention due to their unprecedented potential for energy-efficient gas separation. Compared with other MOF materials (like ZIF), fabrication and microstructural manipulation of high-performance Ti-MOF-based membranes, although being very attractive due to their excellent chemical and thermal stability, remained relatively less investigated due to the limitations of available titanium sources and heating modes. In this study, different Ti sources (TPOT, TiS 2 , and MXene) and heating modes (conventional heating, multi-mode microwave heating, and single-mode microwave heating) were examined for the preparation of NH 2 -MIL-125 membranes showing diverse microstructures and gas separation performances. The present work revealed that for the first time, MXene , the new two-dimensional Ti carbide , could be used as Ti source for synthesizing MOF membranes. The best performing NH 2 -MIL-125 membranes, which were obtained with TiS 2 as the metal source under single-mode microwave heating, exhibited the highest H 2 /CO 2 selectivity (ca. 17.2) as well as considerable H 2 permeance (1.7 × 10 −7 mol m −2 s −1 Pa −1 ), owing to an enhanced non-thermal effect of single-mode microwave heating and balanced dissolution rate of TiS 2 .
研究领域:
材料科学
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膜分离技术
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化学工程
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纳米材料
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气体分离
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可持续能源
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2019
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IF 7.65
Zhenhua Lü,Feng Hu,Haiyan Li,Xiru Zhang,Sanchuan Yu,Meihong Liu,Congjie Gao
The development of high performance membrane is crucial for enhanced separation efficiency of nanofiltration process in treating wastewaters from dye and textile industries. In this work, a novel thin-film composite nanofiltration membrane with an asymmetric separation layer composed of relatively compact skin and loose body was designed and fabricated for improved perm-selectivity and antifouling property. Nascent composite membrane with loose poly(piperazine amide) (PA) separation layer was interfacially synthesized and performed with secondary surface reaction using an aqueous tannic acid (TA) solution. Membrane characterizations verified the formation of compact TA skin on top of the loose PA layer through forming covalent bonds via esterification reaction. Compared with the composite nanofiltration membrane with PA symmetric separation layer having the same glucose rejection of about 82.0%, the permeability to pure water of the composite membrane with PA/TA asymmetric separation layer was higher by 28.0%, the water fluxes to aqueous solutions dissolved with model anionic dyes of alizarin yellow R, sunset yellow and Congo red under steady state were higher by 50.3, 43.9 and 36.1%, and the steady-state flux declines were lowered by 27.8, 43.4 and 23.5%, respectively. Furthermore, the PA/TA-based membrane also exhibited better antifouling property and rejection ability to alizarin yellow R.
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材料科学
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环境工程
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膜分离技术
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高分子化学
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水处理
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 6.578
Shaosuo Bing,Jiaqian Wang,Hao Xu,Yanyan Zhao,Yong Zhou,Lin Zhang,Congjie Gao,Li’an Hou
Polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis membrane is widely used for desalination , but the selectivity-permeability trade-off and oxidation are two major restrictions on the membrane application. By modifying PA TFC membrane with potassium persulfate (K 2 S 2 O 8 ), we overcame the trade-off relation (the water flux and salt rejection increased by 43.2% and 0.2%, respectively) and improved the chlorine resistance. The modification was demonstrated to be a combination of the interfacial crosslinking between PA layer and polysulfone support with the surficial oxidation of PA layer. The dense crosslinked interface enabled the membrane with higher solute rejection, better chlorine tolerance and long-term stability. Meanwhile, the thinner PA layer contributed to the increase of membrane permeability. Furthermore, the modification method has the application potential in high-performance membrane fabrication in terms of simplicity and high efficiency.
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材料科学
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膜分离技术
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高分子化学
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环境工程
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水处理
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2017
·Vol. 52
·期 19
·11701-11714
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IF 2.599
Wei Xiuzhen,Hong Jialiang,Zhu Shuangshuang,Chen Jinyuan,Lv Bosheng
Polyethyleneimine (PEI) of various molecular weights and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) were utilized to prepare composite nanofiltration (NF) membranes via interfacial polymerization. The changes in the surface structure and chemical composition of the prepared membranes were evaluated using SEM, ATR-FTIR, XPS and surface potential measurements. The pure-water flux and rejection rates of the inorganic salts (MgCl 2 , MgSO 4 , Na 2 SO 4 and NaCl) through the resultant NF membranes were also investigated. The results showed that the performance of the composite NF membranes was significantly affected by the molecular weight of the PEI. Notably, the permeate flux and rejection rate of the NF membranes increased with the PEI molecular weight. In addition, when the NF membranes were used to treat actual wastewater from the electroplating industry, the NF membranes presented high-efficiency separation properties for heavy metal ions. The rejection rates of the NF membranes at 0.4 MPa for chromium, nickel, zinc and copper ions reached 92.6, 89.6, 89.2 and 86.3%, respectively.
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材料科学
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膜分离技术
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环境工程
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高分子化学
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水处理
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2019
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IF 8.355
Yanqiu Zhang,Hongguang Sun,Hussain Sadam,Yuyan Liu,Lu Shao
Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) membrane is an embryonic technology in chemical engineering for simultaneously purifying organic solvents and recycling nano-scale molecules. Although the inherent nano-cavity cyclodextrins (CDs) as powerful molecular hosts in supramolecular science ensure promise for separation technology, the limited synthesis toolbox and material choice impede the CDs deployment in membrane separations, especially for OSN applications. Herein, biocompatible β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and mussel-inspired polydopamine (pDA) were discovered as the building blocks to simultaneously construct OSN membranes assisted by the host-guest interactions of supramolecular chemistry and hydrogen-bonds via one-step “green” process. Honeycomb microstructures were formed in this process, which adds the molecular transportation pathways. Such biopolymer membranes can remain extraordinarily stable in organic solvent environments, whilst achieving high rejection against angstrom-sized molecule with different charges toward environmental and energy benefits.
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高分子科学
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膜分离技术
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化学工程
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纳米材料
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绿色化学
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生物医用材料
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超分子化学
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REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS
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2014
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IF 2.822
Fu Liu,Bi-rong Ma,Dong Zhou,Li-Jing Zhu,Yin-Yi Fu,Li-xin Xue
A novel positively charged loose nanofiltration (NF) membrane was fabricated feasibly by UV-induced photografting polymerization of diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DADMAC) on Polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane. A possible reaction mechanism was proposed that a linear chain structure and/or pyrrole like five-membered nitrogen heterocycles structure on the side chain were grafted to form the active barrier layer. NF membrane demonstrated a looser average pore size of 8.6 nm and positive charges surface. Owing to the nanoscale ultrathin nanoscale barrier layer and the combination of Donnan exclusion and steric hindrance , NF membrane exhibited good hydrophilicity , a high pure flux of 60 L/m 2 h (0.5 MPa), a good salt rejection to Mg 2+ (90.8%), Al 3+ (94.0%), Ca 2+ (91.5%), and a high dye rejection to methylene blue (99.4%) and congo red (100.0%) respectively. The salts rejection of NF membrane to different salts followed the order of AlCl 3 > CaCl 2 > MgCl 2 > NaCl > LiCl > MgSO 4 > Na 2 SO 4. NF membrane showed certain fouling resistance to seawater and BSA solution. The grafting polymerization kinetics were comprehensively investigated including irradiation time, monomer concentration and irradiation intensity. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and contact angle measurement were employed to investigate membrane chemistry, morphologies, and hydrophilicity.
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材料科学
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环境工程
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膜分离技术
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高分子化学
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水处理
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Desalination and Water Treatment
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2024
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IF 1
Dapeng Zhang,Zicheng Yao,Han Zhang,Guiru Zhu,Lu Liu,Congjie Gao
A novel strategy to fabricate thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane was reported by dispersing nanofillers in the aqueous and organic phase simultaneously via interfacial polymerization of m-phenylenediamine and trimesoyl chloride. Two different nanofillers (hydrophilic MCM-48 and hydrophobic ZIF-8) were used to investigate the new strategy. Both hydrophilic MCM-48 and hydrophobic ZIF-8 can effectively improve the separation performance of the TFN membrane with higher water flux value maintaining high salt rejection via the novel strategy than conventional TFN membrane prepared with same total amount nanoparticles in singly organic phase or aqueous phase. It indicates that the new strategy is feasible to obtain the TFN membrane with excellence separation performance compared with the conventional method by dispersing nanofillers in singly phase. The new strategy is realized by dispersing less amount nanofillers in both phases simultaneously, which is possible to avoid the aggregation of nanoparticles and maximize the effect of nanoparticles.
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材料科学
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膜分离技术
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纳米复合材料
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环境工程
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化学工程
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 6.578
Miao Guo,Shuhao Wang,Kaifeng Gu,Xiaoxiao Song,Yong Zhou,Congjie Gao
Performance enhancement of the TFC membrane depends on the fine design of the functional layer. In this study, a gradient cross-linking strategy has been successfully applied to fabricate an ultra-thin gradient cross-linked PVA (GC-PVA) functional layer with the aid of surfactant on a polysulfone (PSF) support membrane. Such a strategy was accomplished by impregnating the crosslinker (Trimesic acid) on the porous support membrane prior to PVA coating. As confirmed by XPS and EDX studies, the GC-PVA membrane features a gradient cross-linked structure, where the bottom surface is densely cross-linked while the top is only slightly cross-linked. Overall, the lowest thickness achieved by the gradient-crosslinked ultrathin functional layer was 75.4 nm. This strategy significantly improved water flux compared with the conventional fully cross-linked PVA membranes while similar salt rejections can be maintained. In addition, the impact of key fabrication parameters, such as the concentration of PVA, surfactant, crosslinker, and the post-treatment temperature has been systematically studied. The optimized membrane had a significantly high water flux of 72.9 L m −2 h −1 at 0.2 MPa and showed rejection rates of 38.2% and 90.7% towards NaCl, Na 2 SO 4 aqueous solution (500 mg/L), respectively.
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材料科学
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膜分离技术
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高分子化学
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纳米功能材料
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环境工程
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Desalination and Water Treatment
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2024
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IF 1
Qing Zhang,Zhenping Ma,Xin Jing,Hao-Yang Mi,Yuejun Liu,Songwei Li
The polyamide (PA) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes prepared by interfacial polymerization at a free aqueous–organic interface always suffer from polymerization instability on the free-interface and low chlorine resistance. Focusing on these problems, in this study, a new approach was proposed which introduced an additional buffer layer to assist the free-interfacial polymerization (BLFIP). And due to the adjustment of the mitigation of the organic phase and water phase on the free-interface, defect-free PA membranes with significantly improved surface smoothness were successfully prepared by the proposed BLFIP process and the resultant membranes demonstrated superior desalination performance compared to the PA membranes prepared with the previous technique. With the optimized concentration of 0.3 wt.% trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and 0.6 wt.%, m-xylylenediamine, the prepared BLFIP PA membrane showed salt rejection rate of 92.55%, 92.01%, 83.99% and 95.16%, to Na 2 SO 4 , MgSO 4 , NaCl and methyl orange, respectively at 5 bar, while maintained a water flux of about 2 Lm –2 h –1 bar –1 . More importantly, the BLFIP PA membrane possesses excellent long-term stability, and chlorine resistance comparing with traditional PA membranes based on TMC and m-phenylenediamine, which demonstrated the new method in this study paved a facile way for preparing RO filtration membranes with outstanding performance in seawater desalination.
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材料科学
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膜分离技术
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环境工程
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水处理
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高分子化学
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界面化学
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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2023
·Vol. 141
·期 10
·e55068
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IF 3
Zhu Mian,Wang Bin,Lv Chao,Yu Zhenhui,Jingxian Liu
Gas separation membranes offer a cost-effective solution for capturing greenhouse gases, mitigating the global greenhouse effect. Ionic liquids (ILs) have emerged as one of the promising materials for greenhouse gas separation due to their strong affinity for CO 2 . In this study, we propose a laboratory-scale method for preparing IL–PVDF blend membranes with high CO 2 /N 2 selectivity. The separation performance of the membranes was evaluated using a custom gas permeation measurement system. The effects of casting solution composition, solidification method, and film-forming processes on separation performance were experimental investigated, and the obtained experimental data were used to train a back propagation neural network (BPNN) optimized by the Gray Wolf Optimizer (GWO) algorithm. This hybrid GWO–BPNN model was utilized to predict separation membrane efficiency, optimize the film-forming process, and identify the optimal range of process parameters. Notably, the GWO–BPNN model demonstrated a 2.76% higher prediction accuracy compared to a standalone BPNN. The results indicated that the GWO–BPNN algorithm has a great potential to accurately predict membrane separation efficiency and apply in optimal membrane process design (OMPD), and this method can significantly reduce the number of experimental trials required to achieve OMPD.
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材料科学
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化学工程
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环境科学
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膜分离技术
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计算材料学
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
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2012
·Vol. 35
·期 2
·387-392
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IF 1.598
J. Zeng,S. Li,X. Sun,X. Chen
Polyelectrolyte-enhanced ultrafiltration was investigated for rhenium(VII) recovery from aqueous solutions by using polyquaternium-6 (PQ6) as a complexing agent. The effects of the operating parameters on the permeate flux ( J ) and the rhenium rejection coefficient ( R ) were studied. In the process of concentration, J declines slowly and R is about 1. The concentrated solution was used for the decomplexation. It takes 10 min to achieve the decomplexation equilibrium at a chloride ion concentration of 100 mg L –1 . The decomplexation percentage reaches 45.6 %. In the diafiltration process, rhenium is extracted effectively, and the purification of the regenerated PQ6 is satisfactory. The regenerated PQ6 was used to bind rhenium(VII). The binding capacity of the regenerated PQ6 is close to that of fresh PQ6.
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环境科学
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分离科学
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资源循环利用
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水处理技术
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膜分离技术
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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2021
·Vol. 139
·期 17
·52018
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IF 3.125
Xianggui Zhang,Xianglong Li,Antuo Wang,Bin Yang,Teng Hou,Yishen Lu,Jing Zhou
The separation of stable oil/water emulsions is an urgent global issue. In this work, a porous and superhydrophobic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fibrous membrane was obtained by first centrifugal spinning PTFE/potato starch fibers and then heat treating the fibers to remove the starch. Results showed that spherical protrusions and irregular striped protrusions appeared on the surface of the prepared PTFE fibers, which significantly increased the roughness and hydrophobicity of the fibrous membrane. In addition, number density and shapes of these protrusions could be tuned by changing the extent of the heat treatment and the potato amylose content during the fiber preparation. The water contact angle on the structured PTFE membranes was as high as 160°, and the water sliding angle was as low as 3.4°. The results of oil/water separation experiments showed that the oil removal rate reached 99.5% based a permeability of 3670 L/m 2 /h, which suggested that the obtained PTFE fibrous membrane has great potential for use in oil/water emulsions separation.
研究领域:
材料科学
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环境工程
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膜分离技术
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表面科学
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化学工程
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