High Impact Articles
A world class scientific report produced by dedicated researchers of AMTEC
Facile Synthesis of Highly Favorable Graphene Oxide: Effect of Oxidation Degree on the Structural, Morphological, Thermal and Electrochemical Properties
Mohamad Fahrul Radzi Hanifah Juhana Jaafar M.H.D.Othman A.F.Ismail M.A.Rahman N.Yusof W.N.W.Salleh F.Aziz An efficient and facile production of highly favorable graphene oxide (GO) via modified Hummers’ method at different oxidation degrees was successfully...
Al2O3/Yttria‐Stabilized Zirconia Hollow‐Fiber Membrane Incorporated with Iron Oxide for Pb(II) Removal
Syafikah Huda Paiman Mukhlis A Rahman Khairul Hamimah Abas Azian Abd Aziz Ahmad Fauzi Ismail Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman Juhana Jaafar Mohammad Noorul Anam Mohd Norddin Removal by absorptive ceramic membranes can simultaneously absorb and separate metal ions from water....
Antifouling Improvement of Polyethersulfone Membrane Incorporated with Negatively Charged Zinc–Iron Oxide for AT-POME Colour Removal
M. N. Subramaniam P. S. Goh Y. H. TanS. J. Chiong W. J. Lau B. C. Ng A. F. Ismail J. Y. Chuah S. O. Lai In this study, polyethersulfone (PES) hollow fibre membranes incorporated with different loadings of coupled zinc–iron oxide (ZIO) (0–2 wt%) nanoparticle were...
Synthesis and Characterisation of Composite Sulphonated Polyurethane/Polyethersulphone Membrane for Blood Purification Application
Sumarni Mansur Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman Ahmad Fauzi Ismail Siti Hamimah Sheikh Abdul Kadir Pei Sean Goh Hasrinah Hasbullah Be Cheer Ng Mohd Sohaimi Abdullah Fatmawati Kamal Muhammad Nidzhom Zainol Abidin Retno Ariadi Lusiana Polyurethane (PU) with three different...
Use of Cellulose Acetate/Polyphenylsulfone Derivatives to Fabricate Ultrafiltration Hollow Fiber Membranes for the Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water
MithunKumar SomasekharaRaoT. Arun M.Isloor G.P. Syed Ibrahim Inamuddin Norafiqah Ismail Ahmed Fauzi Ismail Abdullah M.Asiri Cellulose acetate (CA) and cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP) were used as additives (1 wt%, 3 wt%, and 5 wt%) to prepare polyphenylsulfone...
Tailor-Made Multicomponent Electrospun Polyurethane Nanofibrous Composite Scaffold Comprising Olive Oil, Honey, and Propolis for Bone Tissue Engineering
Saravana Kumar Jaganathan Mohan Prasath Mani Ahmad Fauzi Ismail Praseetha Prabhakaran Gomathi Nageswaran The treatment for the bone diseases or defects such as tumor ablation, bone cysts and osteolysis were still challenging in clinical applications. Recently, the...
Antifouling Zwitterion Embedded Forward Osmosis Thin Film Composite Membrane for Highly Concentrated Oily Wastewater Treatment
W.J.Lee P.S.Goh W.J.Lau C.S.Ong A.F.Ismail The raising oil consumption in oil and gas industries has exacerbated the disposal of oil waste into various water streams. This phenomenon has called for treatments to prevent threats to the human and environment. With some...
A Low Cost Hydrophobic Kaolin Hollow Fiber Membrane (h-KHFM) for Arsenic Removal from Aqueous Solution via Direct Contact Membrane Distillation
Siti Khadijah Hubadillah Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman A.F.Ismail Mukhlis A.Rahman JuhanaJaafar In this work, a low cost hydrophobic kaolin hollow fiber membranes (h-KHFM) was successfully prepared by phase inversion/sintering technique followed by a modification via...
A review on inorganic membranes for desalination and wastewater treatment
PS Goh, AF Ismail The sustainability of global clean and safe water supply is one of the grand challenges facing the world. Membrane technology based on polymeric membranes is one of the most important and widely recognized technologies for desalination and wastewater...
AT-POME colour removal through photocatalytic submerged filtration using antifouling PVDF-TNT nanocomposite membrane
MN Subramaniam, PS Goh, WJ Lau, BC Ng, AF Ismail This study explores the potential of novel hybrid polyvinylidene fluoride/titanate nanotube (PVDF-TNT) photocatalytic membranes for the colour removal of aerobically treated palm oil mill effluent (AT-POME) in a...
Facile acid treatment of multiwalled carbon nanotube-titania nanotube thin film nanocomposite membrane for reverse osmosis desalination
I Wan Azelee, PS Goh, WJ Lau, AF Ismail Thin film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membrane, which has been widely applied for desalination, consists of an ultra-thin polyamide (PA) coating layer that supported on a porous support membrane. The main interest of...
Perspective and roadmap of energy-efficient desalination integrated with nanomaterials
PS Goh, AF Ismail, T Matsuura Desalination is known to be one of the most sustainable solutions for water treatment to provide fresh water for many water-stressed communities and industrial sectors. As the integration of nanotechnology with desalination processes is...
Zwitterion Embedded Thin Film Composite Membrane for Oily Wastewater Treatment
Wei Jie Lee, PS Goh The recent development in oil and gas industry increases the production and consumption of oil. The enormous amount of oily wastewater produced is urged to be treated to prevent humanity and environment from being threatened. Membrane technology is...
Thin Film Composite Membrane for Oily Waste Water Treatment: Recent Advances and Challenges
Nor Akalili Ahmad, Pei Sean Goh,* Zulhairun Abdul Karim, and Ahmad Fauzi Ismail* Oily wastewater discharge from various industry processes and activities have caused dramatic impacts on the human and environment. Treatment of oily wastewater using membrane technology...
Highly adsorptive oxidized starch nanoparticles for efficient urea removal
Muhammad Nidzhom Zainol Abidin, Pei Sean Goh, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Noresah Said, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Hasrinah Hasbullah, Mohd Sohaimi Abdullah, Be Cheer Ng, Siti Hamimah Sheikh Abdul Kadir, Fatmawati Kamal Portable dialysis is a need to implement daily and...
Development of novel thin film nanocomposite forward osmosis membranes containing halloysite/graphitic carbon nitride nanoparticles towards enhanced desalination performance
M Rezaei-DashtArzhandi, MH Sarrafzadeh, PS Goh, WJ Lau, AF Ismail, MA Mohamed In this study, thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes were fabricated by incorporating highly hydrophilic halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) and self-synthesized graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)...
