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Toward Scalability: Fe‐MOF‐Based Ultrafiltration Membrane for Effective Microplastics Removal from Drinking Water at Point‐of‐Use

Researchers developed a metal-organic framework composite membrane for removing microplastics from drinking water at point-of-use. By integrating an iron-based MOF onto a commercial ultrafiltration membrane, they achieved enhanced removal of PET microplastics while maintaining water flow suitable for practical use. The study demonstrates a scalable approach to reducing microplastic exposure from bottled and tap drinking water.

2026 Global Challenges
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Advances in metal-organic frameworks for microplastic removal from aquatic environments: Mechanisms and performance insights

Researchers reviewed over 65 studies on using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — highly porous, sponge-like materials — to remove microplastics from water, finding some MOFs achieved up to 98% removal efficiency and could be reused six times, making them a promising filtration technology for microplastic pollution.

2025 Results in Chemistry 22 citations
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Fabrication of dual-charged MOF-based ultrafiltration membrane to remove charged nanoplastics from wastewater

Researchers developed a new type of water filter membrane that can remove over 99% of nanoplastics from wastewater while maintaining high water flow. The membrane uses metal-organic framework nanoparticles that repel plastic particles through electrical charges and physical filtering. This technology could help prevent nanoplastics, which are too small for conventional filters, from reaching drinking water sources.

2025 Journal of Water Process Engineering 9 citations
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Emerging PMS-Based LMO–COF Membrane with Improved Stability for the Mineralization of Micropollutants and Rejection of Nanoplastics from Wastewater

Researchers developed a novel layered metal oxide-covalent organic framework (LMO-COF) membrane integrated with peroxymonosulfate oxidation to simultaneously remove pharmaceutical micropollutants and nanoplastics from wastewater, achieving improved stability and mineralization performance.

2025 ACS ES&T Water
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Remoção de antibióticos da água por nanofiltração

This paper is not about microplastics. It evaluates nanofiltration membrane technology for removing antibiotics (tetracycline, norfloxacin, and sulfamethoxazole) from water, achieving up to 95% removal. While water treatment technology is broadly relevant to contaminant removal, this study focuses specifically on pharmaceutical contamination rather than microplastic pollution or exposure.

2024 Revista Interdisciplinar de Ciência Aplicada
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Decontamination of levofloxacin from water using a novel chitosan–walnut shells composite: linear, nonlinear, and optimization modeling

Researchers created a composite material from chitosan and walnut shells that can remove up to 94% of levofloxacin — a common antibiotic — from contaminated water, offering a low-cost, reusable approach to filtering pharmaceutical pollutants from water supplies.

2023 Applied Water Science 30 citations
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Evaluating the performance of the metal organic framework-based ultrafiltration membrane for nanoplastics removal

Researchers created an advanced membrane filter using metal-organic framework nanoparticles that removed over 99% of nanoplastics from water while maintaining high water flow rates. The membrane resisted fouling and worked reliably across multiple cycles and different water conditions. This type of technology could improve wastewater treatment plants' ability to prevent nanoplastics from reaching drinking water supplies.

2024 Separation and Purification Technology 19 citations
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A hybrid LMO MOF catalytic membrane with PMS activation for efficient degradation of pharmaceutical micropollutants and nanoplastics removal

Researchers developed a hybrid catalytic membrane combining metal-organic frameworks with layered metal oxides for degrading pharmaceutical micropollutants and removing nanoplastics from water. The membrane achieved 95-99.5% degradation of several micropollutants and 98.5% removal of polystyrene nanoplastics. The study demonstrates a dual-function water treatment approach that addresses both chemical and plastic particle contamination simultaneously.

2024 Separation and Purification Technology 15 citations
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Magnetic confinement-enabled membrane reactor for enhanced removal of wide-spectrum contaminants in water: Proof of concept, synergistic decontamination mechanisms, and sustained treatment performance

Researchers engineered a hollow-fiber membrane reactor using magnetically confined zerovalent iron nanocatalysts arranged in forest-like arrays, achieving simultaneous removal of large nanoplastics via size exclusion and up to 765-fold faster degradation of organic contaminants (bisphenol A) and phosphate compared to conventional systems.

2023 Water Research 10 citations
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Effective triclosan removal by using porous aromatic frameworks in continuous fixed-bed column studies

Researchers developed a porous aromatic framework material that effectively removes triclosan — an antimicrobial chemical in personal care products — from water in continuous flow systems. The material showed high removal efficiency, offering a promising approach for treating this emerging water contaminant.

2023 Research Square (Research Square)
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Microplastics and dye removal from textile wastewater using MIL-53 (Fe) metal-organic framework-based ultrafiltration membranes

Researchers developed an advanced ultrafiltration membrane using a metal-organic framework material to simultaneously remove microplastics and dyes from textile wastewater. The modified membrane showed improved pollutant rejection rates and better resistance to fouling compared to conventional membranes. The study demonstrates a promising approach for tackling multiple contaminants in one of the most polluting industrial wastewater streams.

2024 Chemosphere 32 citations
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Metal Organic Framework Based Membranes for Efficient Wastewater Purification: Syntheses and Applications: A Review

This review synthesizes research on metal-organic framework (MOF) based membranes for wastewater treatment, examining the synthesis methods, tunable pore geometries, and applications of MOF membranes in removing contaminants including heavy metals, dyes, and pharmaceuticals from water.

2024 Asian Journal of Chemistry 1 citations
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Sustainable functionalized smectitic clay-based nano hydrated zirconium oxides for enhanced levofloxacin sorption from aqueous medium

Researchers developed a functionalized smectitic clay-based nano hydrated zirconium oxide composite for removing the antibiotic levofloxacin from water, achieving high adsorption capacity through a sustainable and reusable nanomaterial approach.

2023 Journal of Hazardous Materials 46 citations
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Preparation of Sepiolite Nanofibers Supported Zero Valent Iron Composite Material for Catalytic Removal of Tetracycline in Aqueous Solution

Researchers developed a sepiolite nanofiber-supported zero-valent iron composite for catalytic removal of tetracycline from water, offering an efficient and environmentally friendly approach to degrading antibiotic contaminants that accumulate in aquatic environments.

2021 Frontiers in Chemistry 25 citations
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Green synthesis of iron (III) oxide (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles Using Citrus sinensis Peel Extract for the Removal of Ciprofloxacin in Water

Researchers created iron oxide nanoparticles using orange peel extract and tested their ability to remove the antibiotic ciprofloxacin from water. The study suggests this green synthesis approach achieved up to 97% removal efficiency, offering a low-cost, eco-friendly method for cleaning antibiotic contamination from water sources.

2024 Journal of applied science and environmental management 4 citations
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A review on metal organic frameworks (MOFs) modified membrane for remediation of water pollution

This review covers how metal-organic framework (MOF) materials can be incorporated into membranes to improve filtration of pollutants from contaminated water. The technology shows promise for removing microplastics and chemical contaminants, though most applications remain at laboratory scale.

2020 Environmental Engineering Research 27 citations
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Metal-organic framework membrane for waterborne micro/nanoplastics treatment

Researchers reviewed the potential of metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes — materials with highly tunable pore structures — to filter micro- and nanoplastics from water more effectively than conventional filtration. MOF membranes showed promise due to their adjustable surface chemistry and resistance to biological fouling, though challenges like particle clumping and structural stability still need to be resolved.

2023 Chemical Engineering Journal 60 citations
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Removal of Classical and Emerging Contaminants in Water Treatment Using Super-Bridging Fiber-Based Materials

Researchers designed iron-grafted cellulose fibers and tested them for removing both classical contaminants and emerging pollutants including microplastics from wastewater, demonstrating high removal efficiency across a broad range of contaminant types in a single treatment step.

2023 ACS ES&T Water 20 citations
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Nanoporous dopamine/β-cyclodextrin PES-PMACZ/MOF modified membrane for high-efficiency, low-fouling extraction of microplastics and PCB 209 from synthetic landfill leachate

Researchers engineered a modified filtration membrane incorporating metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and dopamine/beta-cyclodextrin coatings to simultaneously remove microplastics and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from synthetic landfill leachate. The modified membrane achieved near-100% removal of microplastics and PCBs over multiple filtration cycles while resisting fouling — a common problem that reduces membrane performance over time. This dual-removal capability is significant because microplastics in landfill leachate often carry adsorbed toxic organic chemicals, and treating both together in one step is more efficient than separate processes.

2025 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 1 citations
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Architectural design of 2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for pharmaceutical pollutant removal

Researchers used computer simulations to design special porous materials called covalent organic frameworks that can trap and remove pharmaceutical pollutants like antibiotics from wastewater. While focused on drug contamination rather than microplastics directly, this type of advanced filtration technology could also help remove other emerging contaminants from water supplies.

2024 npj Clean Water 42 citations
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Efficient heavy metals and salts rejection using a novel modified polysulfone nanofiltration membrane

Researchers developed a modified membrane filter using a functionalized silica material (H-KIT-6) embedded in polysulfone to remove heavy metals and salts from contaminated water with up to 99.85% efficiency. This improved nanofiltration membrane also resists clogging better than standard membranes, making it a practical candidate for purifying industrial wastewater and brackish drinking water sources.

2022 Applied Water Science 24 citations
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Quaternary Ammonium Groups Modified Magnetic Cyclodextrin Polymers for Highly Efficient Dye Removal and Sterilization in Water Purification

Quaternary ammonium-modified magnetic cyclodextrin polymers were synthesized and tested for water decontamination, showing highly efficient removal of multiple pollutants including dyes, heavy metals, and organic micropollutants. The magnetic feature enables easy separation and reuse, supporting practical application in water treatment.

2022 Molecules 13 citations
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Removal of Amoxicillin Through Different Methods, Emphasizing Removal by Biopolymers and Its Derivatives. an Overview

This review examined various methods for removing the antibiotic amoxicillin from water, emphasizing the use of biopolymers and their derivatives as efficient, economical, and environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional treatment approaches.

2022 Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society 32 citations
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Microplastics removal from aqueous environment by metal organic frameworks

This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of advanced porous materials, can remove 70-99.9% of microplastics from water in laboratory settings. MOFs can be customized with specific pore sizes and chemical properties to target different types of microplastics. While challenges remain with cost and scaling up, this technology shows promise for developing more effective water treatment systems to reduce human exposure to microplastics in drinking water.

2023 BMC Chemistry 50 citations