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Materials Science

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57
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12405
World Ranking
7935
National Ranking
2299

Engineering and Technology

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57
Citations
12934
World Ranking
2625
National Ranking
527

Overview

Tao He is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple fields, with a focus on engineering, materials science, and environmental science. The scientist's work also intersects with specialized subfields such as materials chemistry, water science and technology, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The primary topics Tao He has explored include membrane separation technologies, membrane-based ion separation techniques, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, extraction and separation processes, membrane separation and gas transport, as well as advancements in battery materials.

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic literature, with frequent publications in several notable venues. These include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Desalination
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Journal of Membrane Science

Tao He's recent published papers, which reflect their focus on membrane technology and desalination, include:

  • Seawater desalination technology and engineering in China: A review, 2020, Desalination
  • Recent advances in high-performance TFC membranes: A review of the functional interlayers, 2020, Desalination
  • Microporous organic nanotube assisted design of high performance nanofiltration membranes, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Understanding the fouling/scaling resistance of superhydrophobic/omniphobic membranes in membrane distillation, 2020, Desalination
  • Unprecedented scaling/fouling resistance of omniphobic polyvinylidene fluoride membrane with silica nanoparticle coated micropillars in direct contact membrane distillation, 2020, Journal of Membrane Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including Lin-Hua Xie, Xiang-Jing Kong, Guang-Rui Si, Xue-Mei Li, and Vahid Vatanpour. Each of these collaborators has contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Superhydrophobic nanofiber membrane containing carbon nanotubes for high-performance direct contact membrane distillation

    Leonard D. Tijing;Yun Chul Woo;Wang-Geun Shim;Tao He

  • Photochromism in composite and hybrid materials based on transition-metal oxides and polyoxometalates

    Tao He;Jiannian Yao

  • Towards non-toxic solvents for membrane preparation: a review

    A. Figoli;T. Marino;S. Simone;E. Di Nicolò

  • Photochromism of molybdenum oxide

    Tao He;Jiannian Yao

  • Extraction of lithium from Chinese salt-lake brines by membranes: Design and practice

    Shanshan Xu;Jianfeng Song;Qiuyan Bi;Qing Chen

  • Photochromic materials based on tungsten oxide

    Tao He;Jiannian Yao

  • Seawater desalination technology and engineering in China: A review

    Saisai Lin;Haiyang Zhao;Liping Zhu;Tao He

  • Graphene oxide incorporated polysulfone substrate for the fabrication of flat-sheet thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes

    Myoung Jun Park;Sherub Phuntsho;Tao He;Grace M. Nisola

  • Lithium extraction from Chinese salt-lake brines: opportunities, challenges, and future outlook

    Jian Feng Song;Long D. Nghiem;Xue-Mei Li;Tao He

  • Polymeric antimicrobial membranes enabled by nanomaterials for water treatment

    Junyong Zhu;Junyong Zhu;Jingwei Hou;Jingwei Hou;Yatao Zhang;Yatao Zhang;Miaomiao Tian

  • Recent advances in high-performance TFC membranes: A review of the functional interlayers

    Chenhao Ji;Zhe Zhai;Chi Jiang;Ping Hu

  • CF4 plasma-modified superhydrophobic PVDF membranes for direct contact membrane distillation

    Chi Yang;Xue-Mei Li;Jack Gilron;Ding-feng Kong

  • CF4 plasma surface modification of asymmetric hydrophilic polyethersulfone membranes for direct contact membrane distillation

    Xing Wei;Baolong Zhao;Xue-Mei Li;Zhouwei Wang

  • Slippery for scaling resistance in membrane distillation: a novel porous micropillared superhydrophobic surface

    Zechun Xiao;Rui Zheng;Yongjie Liu;Yongjie Liu;Hailong He

  • Kinetics of (3-aminopropyl)triethoxylsilane (APTES) silanization of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.

    Yue Liu;Yueming Li;Xue-Mei Li;Tao He

  • CF4 plasma-modified omniphobic electrospun nanofiber membrane for produced water brine treatment by membrane distillation

    Yun Chul Woo;Ying Chen;Leonard D. Tijing;Sherub Phuntsho

  • Water desalination using graphene-enhanced electrospun nanofiber membrane via air gap membrane distillation

    Yun Chul Woo;Leonard D. Tijing;Wang-Geun Shim;June-Seok Choi

  • Electrospun nanofiber membranes incorporating fluorosilane-coated TiO2 nanocomposite for direct contact membrane distillation

    Eui-Jong Lee;Alicia Kyoungjin An;Tao He;Yun Chul Woo

  • Adsorption of drugs on nanodiamond: toward development of a drug delivery platform.

    Vadym N. Mochalin;Amanda Pentecost;Xue-Mei Li;Ioannis Neitzel

  • Preparation of omniphobic PVDF membrane with hierarchical structure for treating saline oily wastewater using direct contact membrane distillation

    Rui Zheng;Ying Chen;Jin Wang;Jianfeng Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Long D. Nghiem
Long D. Nghiem University of Technology Sydney
Matthias Wessling
Matthias Wessling RWTH Aachen University
Ho Kyong Shon
Ho Kyong Shon University of Technology Sydney
Yue-Biao Zhang
Yue-Biao Zhang ShanghaiTech University
Lin Zhang
Lin Zhang Zhejiang University
Jindun Liu
Jindun Liu Zhengzhou University
Leonard D. Tijing
Leonard D. Tijing University of Technology Sydney
Enrico Drioli
Enrico Drioli National Research Council (CNR)
Jiannian Yao
Jiannian Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Muhammad Naeem Ashiq
Muhammad Naeem Ashiq Bahauddin Zakariya University

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