FAST Research Group
Fundamentals and Applications of Selective (separation) Technology
FAST Research Group
Fundamentals and Applications of Selective (separation) Technology
FAST Research Group
Fundamentals and Applications of Selective (separation) Technology
2025
Sheng M., Guo Y., Lee B., Epsztein R., Wang Z., Wang L. Electrified desalination processes: where we are and where to go from performance and economic perspectives. Desalination 600, 118486 (2025)
Allouzi M., Avidar M., Birnhack L., Epsztein R., Straub A. P. Reliable methods to determine experimental energy barriers for transport in salt-rejecting membranes. Journal of Membrane Science Letters 5 (1), 100090 (2025)
Shefer I., Birnhack L., Epsztein R. The importance of ionic hydration shell in the transport of monovalent anions through nanofiltration membranes. Journal of Membrane Science 716, 123513 (2025)
Shefer et al. (2025)
2024
Schwindt N. S., Avidar M., Epsztein R., Straub A. P., Shirts M. R. Interpreting effective energy barriers to membrane permeation in terms of a heterogeneous energy landscape. Journal of Membrane Science 712, 123233 (2024)
Kairui L., Epsztein R., Lin S., Meng. S., Qu J. Ion-ion selectivity of synthetic membranes with confined nanostructures. ACS Nano 18 (33), 21633-21650 (2024)
Roth R. S., Birnhack L., Avidar M., Hjelvik E. A., Straub A. P., Epsztein R. Effect of solution ions on the charge and performance of nanofiltration membranes. npj Clean Water 7 (1), 1-9 (2024)
Liu W., Livingston J. L., Wang L., Wang Z., del Cerro M., Younssi S. A., Epsztein R., Elimelech M., Lin S. Pressure-driven membrane desalination. Nature Reviews Methods Primers 4, 10 (2024)
Schwindt et al. (2024)
2023
Liu M., Hong L., Zhu Y., Epsztein R., Shi T., Sun Y., Xu Z., Sun S. Constructing biocatalytic nanochannel membranes for unidirectional isomer conversion and separation. American Institute of Chemical Engineers 69, e18187 (2023)
Jeong N., Epsztein R., Wang R., Park S., Lin S., & Tong T. Exploring the knowledge attained by machine learning on ion transport across polyeamide membranes using explainable artifical intelligence. Environmental Science & Technology 57, 17851-17862 (2023)
Peer-Haim O., Shefer I., Singh P., Nir O., & Epsztein R. The Adverse effect of concentration polarization on ion-ion selectivity in nanofiltration. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 10, 363-371 (2023)
Peer-Haim et al. (2023)
2022
Epsztein R. Intrinsic limitations of nanofiltration membranes to achieve precise selectivity in water-based separations. Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology 1:1048416 (2022)
Shocron A. N., Roth R. S., Guyes E. N., Epsztein R., & Suss M. E. Comparison of ion selectivity in electrodialysis and capacitive deionization. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 9, 889-899 (2022)
Shefer I., Peer-Haim O., & Epsztein R. Limited ion-ion selectivity of salt-rejecting membranes due to enthalpy-entropy compensation effect. Desalination 541, 116041 (2022)
Shefer I., Lopez K., Straub A. P., & Epsztein R. Applying transition-state theory to explore transport and selectivity in salt-rejecting membranes: A critical review. Environmental Science & Technology 56, 7467-7483 (2022)
Pavluchkov V., Shefer I., Peer-Haim O., Blotevogel J., & Epsztein R. Indications of ion dehydration in diffusion-only and pressure-driven nanofiltration. Journal of Membrane Science 648, 120358 (2022)
Ritt C. L., Liu M., Pham T. A., Epsztein R., Kulik H. J., & Elimelech M. Machine learning reveals key ion selectivity mechanisms in polymeric membranes with subnanometer pores. Science Advances 8, eabl5771 (2022)
Shefer & Lopez et al. (2022)
2021
Shefer I., Peer-Haim O., Leifman O., & Epsztein R. Enthalpic and entropic selectivity of water and small ions in polyamide membranes. Environmental Science & Technology 55, 14863-14875 (2021)
Zhou X., Heiranian N., Yang M., Epsztein R., Gong K., White CE., Hu S., Kim. J., & Elimelech M. Selective Fluoride transport in subnanometer TiO2 pores. ACS Nano 15, 16828-16838 (2021)
Nativ P., Leifman O., Lahav O., & Epsztein R. Desalinated brackish water with improved mineral composition using monovalent-selective nanofiltration followed by reverse osmosis. Desalination 520, 115364 (2021)
Keisar I., Desitti C., Beliavski M., Epsztein R., Tarre S., & Green M. A pressurized hydrogenotrophic denitrification reactor for removal of nitrates at high concentrations. Journal of Water Process Engineering 42, 102140 (2021)
Nativ et al. (2021)
2020
Zhou X., Wang Z., Epsztein R., Zhan C., Li W., Fortner J.D., Pham T. A., Kim J., & Elimelech M. Intrapore energy barriers govern ion transport and selectivity of desalination membranes. Science Advances 6, eabd9045 (2020)
Epsztein R., DuChanois, R.M., Ritt, C.L., Noy A., & Elimelech M. Towards single-species selectivity of membranes with subnanometre pores. Nature Nanotechnology 15, 426-436 (2020)
Patel S. K., Ritt C. L., Deshmukh A., Wang Z., Qin M., Epsztein R., & Elimelech M. The relative insignificance of advanced materials in enhancing the energy efficiency of desalination technologies. Energy & Environmental Science (2020) DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00341G
Malmir H., Epsztein R., Elimelech M., & Haji-Akbari A. Induced charge anisotropy: A hidden variable affecting ion transport through membranes. Matter 2, 735-750 (2020)
Sigurdardottir S., Duchanois R. M., Epsztein R., Pinelo M., & Elimelech M. Energy barriers to anion transport in polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofiltration: Role of intra-pore diffusion. Journal of Membrane Science 603, 117921 (2020)
Aydin F., Zhan C., Ritt., Epsztein R., Elimelech M., Schwegler E., & Pham T. A. Similarities and differences between potassium and ammonium ions in liquid water: A first-principles study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 22, 2540-2548 (2020)
Lester Y., Shaulsky E., Epsztein R., & Zucker I. Capacitive deionization for simultaneous removal of salt and uncharged organic contaminants from water. Separation and Purification Technology 237, 116388 (2020)
Epsztein et al. (2020)
2019
Epsztein R., Shaulsky S., Qin M., & Elimelech M. Activation behavior for ion permeation in ion-exchange membranes: Role of ion dehydration in selective transport. Journal of Membrane Science 580, 316-326 (2019)
Faucher S., Narayana A., Bazant M. Z., Elimelech M., Epsztein R., & Strano M. S. et al. Critical knowledge gaps in mass transport through single-digit nanopores: a review and perspective. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123, 21309-21326 (2019)
DuChanois R. M., Epsztein R., Trivedi J. A., & Elimelech M. Controlling pore structure of polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofiltration membranes by tuning polyelectrolyte-salt interactions. Journal of Membrane Science 581, 413-420 (2019)
Qin M., Deshmukh A., Epsztein R., Patel S. K., Owoseni O. M., Walker W. S., & Elimelech M. Response to comments on “comparison of energy consumption in desalination by capacitive deionization and reverse osmosis”. Desalination 462, 48-55 (2019)
Qin M., Deshmukh A., Epsztein R., Patel S. K., Owoseni O. M., Walker W. S., & Elimelech M. Comparison of energy consumption in desalination by capacitive deionization and reverse osmosis. Desalination 455, 100-114 (2019)
Duchanois et al. (2019)
2018
Epsztein R., Shaulsky E., Dizge N., Warsinger D. M., & Elimelech M. Role of ionic charge density in Donnan exclusion of monovalent anions by nanofiltration. Environmental Science & Technology 52, 4108-4116 (2018)
Dizge N., Epsztein R., Cheng W., Porter C. J., & Elimelech M. Biocatalytic and salt selective multilayer polyelectrolyte nanofiltration membrane. Journal of Membrane Science 549, 357-365 (2018)
Epsztein R., Cheng W., Shaulsky E., Dizge N., & Elimelech M. Elucidating the mechanisms underlying the difference between chloride and nitrate rejection in nanofiltration. Journal of Membrane Science 548, 694-701 (2018)
Cheng W., Liu C., Tong T., Epsztein R., Sun M., Verduzco R., Ma J., & Elimelech M. Selective removal of divalent cations by polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofiltration membrane: role of polyelectrolyte charge, ion size, and ionic strength. Journal of Membrane Science 559, 98-106 (2018)
Epsztein R., Beliavski M., Tarre S., & Green M. Pressurized hydrogenotrophic denitrification reactor for small water systems. Journal of Environmental Management 216, 315-319 (2018)
Epsztein et al. (2018)
2017
Epsztein R., Desitti C., Beliavski M., Tarre S., & Green M. Co-reduction of nitrate and perchlorate in a pressurized hydrogenotrophic reactor with complete H2 utilization. Chemical Engineering Journal 328, 133-140 (2017)
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2016
Epsztein R., Beliavski M., Tarre S., & Green M. Simplified model for hydrogenotrophic denitrification in a novel unsaturated-flow pressurized reactor. Chemical Engineering Journal 306, 233-241 (2016)
Epsztein R., Beliavski M., Tarre S,. & Green M. Submerged bed versus unsaturated flow reactor: a pressurized hydrogenotrpohic denitrification reactor as a case study. Chemosphere 161, 151-156 (2016)
Epsztein R., Beliavski M., Tarre S., & Green M. High-rate hydrogenotrophic denitrification in a pressurized reactor. Chemical Engineering Journal 286, 578-584 (2016)
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2015
Epsztein R., Nir O., Lahav O., & Green M. Selective nitrate removal from groundwater using a hybrid nanofiltration-reverse osmosis filtration scheme. Chemical Engineering Journal 279, 372-378 (2015)
Epsztein et al. (2015)
2014
Naim R., Epsztein R., Felder A., Heyer M., Heijnen M., & Gitis V. Rethinking the role of in-line coagulation in tertiary membrane filtration of municipal effluents. Separation and Purification Technology 125, 11-20 (2014)
2011
Felder A., Epsztein R., Villensky N., and Gitis V. Optimization of coagulation pretreatment in desalination of municipal wastewater effluents. Desalination and Water Treatment 35, 62-67 (2011)
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