Publications
Papers
- Knauer K, Higginson C, Liang Y, Lee M. Circular plastics technologies: depolymerization of polymers into parent monomers. Physical Sciences Reviews. 2023 Aug 24(0). https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/psr-2023-0014/html | PDF
- Liang Y, Dudchenko AV, Mauter MS. Novel method for accurately estimating membrane transport properties and mass transfer coefficients in reverse osmosis. Journal of Membrane Science. 2023 Aug 5;679:121686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121686 | PDF
- Liang Y*, Knauer KM. Trends and future outlooks in circularity of desalination membrane materials. Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology. 2023 Apr 6;2:1169158. https://doi.org/10.3389/frmst.2023.1169158 | PDF
- Qin J, Ziemann E, Bar-Zeev E, Bone SE, Liang Y, Mauter MS, Herzberg M, Bernstein R. Microporous Polyethersulfone Membranes Grafted with Zwitterionic Polymer Brushes Showing Microfiltration Permeance and Ultrafiltration Bacteriophage Removal. ACS applied materials & interfaces. 2023 Apr 3;15(14):18343-53. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c01495 | PDF
- Liang Y, Dudchenko AV, Mauter MS. Inadequacy of current approaches for characterizing membrane transport properties at high salinities. Journal of Membrane Science. 2022 Dec 2:121246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121246 | PDF
- Liang Y, Gao F, Wang L, Lin S. In-situ monitoring of polyelectrolytes adsorption kinetics by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy: Application in fabricating nanofiltration membranes via layer-by-layer deposition. Journal of Membrane Science. 2021 Feb 1;619:118747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118747 | PDF
- Liang Y, Teng X, Chen R, Zhu Y, Jin J, Lin S. Polyamide nanofiltration membranes from emulsion-mediated interfacial polymerization. ACS ES&T Engineering. 2021 Jan 8;1(3):533-42. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.0c00213 | PDF
- Liang Y, Lin S. Mechanism of permselectivity enhancement in polyelectrolyte-dense nanofiltration membranes via surfactant-assembly intercalation. Environmental Science & Technology. 2020 Dec 8;55(1):738-48. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c06866 | PDF
- Liang Y, Zhu Y, Liu C, Lee KR, Hung WS, Wang Z, Li Y, Elimelech M, Jin J, Lin S. Polyamide nanofiltration membrane with highly uniform sub-nanometre pores for sub-1 Å precision separation. Nature communications. 2020 Apr 24;11(1):2015. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15771-2 | PDF
- Wang L, Liang Y, Zhang L. Enhancing performance of capacitive deionization with polyelectrolyte-infiltrated electrodes: theory and experimental validation. Environmental Science & Technology. 2020 Mar 27;54(9):5874-83. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b07692 | PDF
- Liang Y, Lin S. Intercalation of zwitterionic surfactants dramatically enhances the performance of low-pressure nanofiltration membrane. Journal of Membrane Science. 2020 Feb 15;596:117726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117726 | PDF
- Teng X, Fang W, Liang Y, Lin S, Lin H, Liu S, Wang Z, Zhu Y, Jin J. High-performance polyamide nanofiltration membrane with arch-bridge structure on a highly hydrated cellulose nanofiber support. Science China Materials. 2020 Dec;63:2570-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-020-1335-x | PDF
- Shan L, Liang Y, Prozorovska L, Jennings GK, Ji S, Lin S. Multifold enhancement of loose nanofiltration membrane performance by intercalation of surfactant assemblies. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 2018 Sep 28;5(11):668-74. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00430 | PDF
- Xue J, He M, Liang Y, Crawford A, Coates P, Chen D, Shi R, Zhang L. Fabrication and evaluation of electrospun PCL–gelatin micro-/nanofiber membranes for anti-infective GTR implants. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2014;2(39):6867-77. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TB00737A | PDF
Patents
- DesVeaus J, Liang Y, Choi H, Knauer K, Beckham G. Downstream process for separating a mixture of depolymerized polyester products produced from methanolysis. USPTO No. 63/512,804, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
- Beckham, G, Minjung L, Ciaran L, Cuthbertson A, Hoon C, Liang Y, Knauer K. Process for sequential acetolysis-autoxidation of plastic streams. USPTO No: 63/383,293, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
- Beckham, G, Minjung L, Ciaran L, Cuthbertson A, Hoon C, Liang Y, Knauer K. Methods and systems for dye removal from polymer textiles. USPTO No: 63/384,137, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
