Research activity information

• Sep. 2026 Kobe University, Excellent Young Researcher Award

  Kecheng Guan


• Jun. 2026 Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences, Kao Science Encouragement Award

  Kecheng Guan


• Dec. 2025 Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Global Separation Technology Youth Innovation Award (Nomination Award)

  Kecheng Guan


• Mar. 2025 Desalination, Rising Stars in Desalination (2024)

  Kecheng Guan


• Jul. 2024 Kobe University, Maenosono Memorial Young Researcher Excellent Paper Award

  Kecheng Guan


• May 2024 The North American Membrane Society (NAMS), Young Membrane Scientist Award

  Kecheng Guan


• 2018 American Chemical Society Shanghai Chapter, ACS Shanghai Chapter Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award

  Kecheng Guan

• Optimization of OARO-RO hybrid systems for the ammonium nitrogen recovery for wastewater treatment using an explainable machine learning

  Xiao Xu, Jian Zhang, Chuang Li, Zhaohuan Mai, Liheng Dai, Erda Deng, Kecheng Guan, Pengfei Zhang, Kazuo Kumagai, Susumu Hasegawa, Yuqing Lin, Keizo Nakagawa, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Elsevier BV, Sep. 2026, Desalination, 634, 120311 - 120311

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Solvent reverse osmosis beyond size exclusion in two-dimensional nanochannel membranes

  Kecheng Guan, Yuanyuan Guo, Liheng Dai, Aiwen Zhang, Zhan Li, Erda Deng, Keizo Nakagawa, Yanan Guo, Gongping Liu, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Wanqin Jin, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, May 2026, Nature Communications

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal

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• Morphology-engineered PVDF hollow fiber membrane for synergistic anti-wetting and anti-scaling performance in membrane distillation

  Bowen Li, Shuzhen Zhao, Zhan Li, Yongxuan Shi, Xueru Yan, Zhaohuan Mai, Mengyang Hu, Yuqing Lin, Kecheng Guan, Pengfei Zhang, Eiji Kamio, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Elsevier BV, May 2026, Journal of Membrane Science, 749, 125456 - 125456

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Fabrication of PSS-MOF-303/rGO membranes for effective separation of rare earth ions

  Chuang Li, Zhan Li, Xiao Xu, Kecheng Guan, Mengyang Hu, Pengfei Zhang, Xianghong Qian, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Apr. 2026, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 388, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Cross-layer construction of ceramic membranes with minimizing transfer resistance for membrane distillation

  Hengxin Li, Kai Miao, Mei-ling Liu, Kecheng Guan, Dong Zou, Hideto Matsuyama

  Mar. 2026, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 741, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Interfacial polymerization regulated by self-assembled monomer complexes for organic solvent reverse osmosis membranes

  Aiwen Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Shaochong Cao, Zhan Li, Liheng Dai, Mengyang Hu, Pengfei Zhang, Xueru Yan, Yanyan Liu, Jie Shen, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Mar. 2026, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 741, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Heterogeneity‐Guided Interlayer Tuning in Vermiculite‐MOF Membranes for Efficient Li ⁺ /Mg ²⁺ Separation

  Liheng Dai, Kecheng Guan, Mengyang Hu, Erda Deng, Pengfei Zhang, Zhan Li, Yongxuan Shi, Xiao Xu, Xueru Yan, Hideto Matsuyama

  ABSTRACT Precise separation of Li ⁺ /Mg ²⁺ with similar ionic size remains a critical challenge for two‐dimensional (2D) membranes, largely due to the inherently tortuous and poorly regulated transport channels in the 2D interlayer. Herein, we propose a heterogeneity‐guided interlayer engineering strategy to reprogram the lamellar ion transport pathways of vermiculite (Vm) membranes through the incorporation of ultrathin ZrBTB (Zr) metal organic framework nanosheets. Owing to the intrinsic electrostatic environment and sub‐nanometer apertures, the resulting vermiculite/ZrBTB heterolamina membranes exhibit reorganized interlayer nanochannels without changing the average interlayer spacing. Systematic structural analysis reveals that ZrBTB incorporation suppresses long‐range lamellar ordering while enriching sub‐nanoconfinement domains and partially reversing the channel‐wall charge. These synergistic modifications generate enhanced Li ⁺ transport pathways and a strengthened electrostatic/steric exclusion environment for Mg ²⁺ . As a result, the optimum membrane achieves a Li ⁺ permeation rate of 0.379 mol m ⁻²  h ⁻¹ and an outstanding Li ⁺ /Mg ²⁺ selectivity of ∼46.2, surpassing most diffusion‐based separation membranes. Comparative studies using CuTCPP nanosheets further confirm that channel size, charge, and energy barriers can be effectively tuned through rational selection of 2D MOF building blocks. This work establishes interlayer heterogeneity as a powerful and generalizable design parameter for constructing next‐generation 2D membranes for efficient ion sieving under mild conditions.

  Corresponding, Wiley, Feb. 2026, Advanced Science, 13(26) (26)

  [Refereed]

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• Reconstructed Polyamide Nanolayers via Two-Stage Interfacial Polymerization Engineering for Precise Ion Sieving

  Shuzhen Zhao, Liheng Dai, Feidong Yang, Bowen Li, Pengfei Zhang, Yanyan Liu, Mengyang Hu, Kecheng Guan, Ryosuke Takagi, Hideto Matsuyama

  Feb. 2026, ADVANCED SCIENCE, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal

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• Green dissolution-phase separation strategy for robust PVDF/PS membranes with improved membrane distillation performance

  Shengchao Chen, Dudu Yang, Longbo Xia, Mei-Ling Liu, Kecheng Guan, Dong Zou, Hideto Matsuyama

  Feb. 2026, DESALINATION, 620, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Dual hydrogen bonding-stabilized Janus membranes with synergistic anti-fouling, anti-wetting and anti-scaling properties for vacuum membrane distillation

  Zinan Cheng, Mei-Ling Liu, Kecheng Guan, Jinxin Liu, Dong Zou

  Feb. 2026, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 740, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Lithium Extraction in Confined Channels

  Liheng Dai, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, Feb. 2026, SMALL, 22(7) (7), English


• Fluorine-Containing Porphyrin-Modified Graphene Oxide Laminar Membranes for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration

  Yoshito Maezaka, Keizo Nakagawa, Kecheng Guan, Erda Deng, Tooru Kitagawa, Yasunao Okamoto, Atsushi Matsuoka, Eiji Kamio, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Jan. 2026, ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS, 9(2) (2), 1284 - 1294, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Interplay of charge composition and nanochannel confinement in ion separation through graphene oxide membranes

  Xiaowei Zhu, Kecheng Guan, Feidong Yang, Chuang Li, Ryosuke Takagi, Liheng Dai, Yanyan Liu, Xueru Yan, Mengmeng Lou, Fang Li, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Jan. 2026, WATER RESEARCH, 288, English

  Scientific journal


• Boosting Nanofiltration Membrane Selectivity via Amine-Polymer Additive Engineering for Efficient Lithium Extraction From Brine

  Shaofan Duan, Shuai Jiang, Ping Xu, Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, Yanyan Liu, Atsushi Matsuoka, Yuqing Lin, Jie Shen, Kecheng Guan, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Jan. 2026, ADVANCED SCIENCE, 13(3) (3), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal

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• MoS₂-nanoparticle-blended PAN composite membrane for enhanced removal of Pb-EDTA via H₂O₂ activation: synergistic decomplexation and adsorption

  Wenxuan Wang, Guangze Nie, Yingyang Bu, Ran Han, Dong Zou, Kecheng Guan

  Nov. 2025, NANOSCALE, 17(46) (46), 26798 - 26810, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Unravelling the functional role of two-dimensional metal organic framework interlayer for boosted nanofiltration performance

  Hussain Sadam, Qin Shen, Qiangqiang Song, Yuqing Lin, Jing Wang, Dongyang Li, Guanying Dong, Yuandong Jia, Xueling Wang, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama, Yatao Zhang

  Nov. 2025, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 735, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Ionic liquid-incorporated triazine-based porous organic polymer membranes for CO2 separation

  Xueru Yan, Tianqi Song, Zheng Wang, Xiao Xu, Pengfei Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Eiji Kamio, Hideto Matsuyama

  Oct. 2025, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 370, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Facile fabrication of polyamide-polyester nanofiltration membranes regulated by ionic liquids for efficient antibiotic desalination

  Yanyan Liu, Feidong Yang, Mengyang Hu, Xiaoqing Chang, Pengfei Zhang, Chuang Li, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Oct. 2025, DESALINATION, 613, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Contrivance of covalent organic framework membranes enabled by mixed dimensional self-assembly strategy for molecular separation

  Wenhui Hu, Zhipeng Yan, Jianyang Jia, Qiangqiang Song, Taoning Fan, Qin Shen, Kecheng Guan, Xueling Wang, Yuqing Lin, Jing Wang, Hideto Matsuyama, Yatao Zhang

  Oct. 2025, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 734, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Efficient construction and transfer mechanism of high-flux ceramic membranes for membrane distillation

  Kai Miao, Shiyuan Liu, Hengxin Li, Kecheng Guan, Dong Zou, Hideto Matsuyam

  Oct. 2025, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 734, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Concentration of high boiling point organic solvents by osmotically assisted reverse osmosis

  Mengyang Hu, Kazuo Kumagai, Yasushi Mino, Kecheng Guan, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Hideto Matsuyama

  Aug. 2025, WATER RESEARCH, 282, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Dynamic Sub-Nanoscale "Water Fingers" in Interfacial Polymerization

  Zhaohuan Mai, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Akshay Deshmukh, Tianmu Yuan, Junyong Zhu, Jinkai Yuan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Ayano Yamamoto, Yongxuan Shi, Wenming Fu, Kecheng Guan, Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, John H. Lienhard, Hideto Matsuyama

  Aug. 2025, SMALL, 21(33) (33), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal

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• High-performance organic solvent nanofiltration membrane enabled by polar cross-linked sulfonated polyaniline separation layer

  Shuai Jiang, Mengyang Hu, Shaofan Duan, Kecheng Guan, Pengfei Zhang, Haifeng Shi, Xiaokun Liu, Hideto Matsuyama

  Jul. 2025, DESALINATION, 607, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• An interpenetrating-polymer-network-based tough ion gel with high humidity resistance for sensitive human motion detection

  Jinhui Zhang, Jieyuan Mei, Cuijing Liu, Kecheng Guan, Xia Chen, Yaqin Wang, Xiaobing Liu, Wenzhe Pei, Yuefan Xu, Yanan Wang, Xinyu Zhang, Gaolin Qiu

  Jul. 2025, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 13(28) (28), 22859 - 22870, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Controlling the physiochemical properties of graphene oxide coatings for improved membrane distillation

  Xiaoqing Chang, Kecheng Guan, Liheng Dai, Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, Shuzhen Zhao, Keizo Nakagawa, Gongping Liu, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Wanqin Jin, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Jul. 2025, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 730, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Nanoconfinement Engineering of Covalent Organic Frameworks in Polyamide Membranes for High-Perselectivity Li⁺/Mg²⁺ Separation

  Shuzhen Zhao, Liheng Dai, Zhaohuan Mai, Bowen Li, Pengfei Zhang, Mengxiao Zhang, Atsushi Matsuoka, Kecheng Guan, Ryosuke Takagi, Hideto Matsuyama

  Jun. 2025, ADVANCED SCIENCE, 12(23) (23), English

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• Inorganic nanosheet-engineered ceramic membranes with tunable pore structures for monodisperse and stable emulsions

  Shilong Li, Yiwen Wei, Kecheng Guan, Can Yuan, Wenbo Jiang, Dong Zou, Caishen Zhao, Jian Lu, Bin Chen, Jian Qiu, Junjie Xu, Tianxiang Yu, Yuqing Sun, Lele Cui, Wenheng Jing

  Jun. 2025, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 729, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Reactive substrate-driven interfacial polymerization for wrinkled polyamide membranes with enhanced permeance

  Ping Xu, Shaofan Duan, Pengfei Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Jun. 2025, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE LETTERS, 5(1) (1), English

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  Scientific journal

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• Prefilling polymers to regulate interfacial hierarchical structures of ceramic membranes for enhanced membrane performance

  Kai Miao, Hengxin Li, Bing Xu, Shiyuan Liu, Dong Zou, Kecheng Guan, Xiaojin Wu, Hideto Matsuyama

  May 2025, Desalination, 602, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Nanomorphogenesis of interlayered polyamide membranes for precise ion sieving in lithium extraction

  Yongxuan Shi, Zhaohuan Mai, Kecheng Guan, Bowen Li, Qin Shen, Qiangqiang Song, Wenming Fu, Shang Xiang, Ryosuke Takagi, Hideto Matsuyama

  Apr. 2025, Water Research, 274, English

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• Bioinspired hierarchical structure with intensified anti-scaling capacity for real seawater membrane distillation

  Bowen Li, Pengfei Zhang, Zhan Li, Shang Xiang, Chuang Li, Aiwen Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Zhaohuan Mai, Mengyang Hu, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Apr. 2025, Desalination, 601, English

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  Scientific journal

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• Surface repair engineering of polyamide membranes for high-performance organic solvent reverse osmosis

  Wenming Fu, Mengyang Hu, Kecheng Guan, Zheng Wang, Shang Fang, Yongxuan Shi, Pengfei Zhang, Hongdan Wu, Zhihui Zhou, Hideto Matsuyama

  Apr. 2025, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 723, English

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• Hierarchically Structured Porous Polyamide‐Imide Membrane for Switchable Emulsion Separation

  Pengfei Zhang, Bowen Li, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Kecheng Guan, Zhaohuan Mai, Zhan Li, Mengyang Hu, Liheng Dai, Ping Xu, Keizo Nakagawa, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Mar. 2025, Advanced Materials, 37(19) (19), English

  [Refereed]

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• Ultrathin surface-amination-modified membrane with ion-charge shielding effect for ultraselective nanofiltration

  Qiangqiang Song, Yuqing Lin, Ning Gan, Hussain Sadam, Yaguang An, Zheng Wang, Kecheng Guan, Junyong Zhu, Jing Wang, Yatao Zhang, Hideto Matsuyama

  Mar. 2025, Desalination, 597, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Low-temperature regulated interfacial polymerization of nanofiltration membrane for efficient Li⁺/Mg²⁺ separation

  Shaofan Duan, Shuai Jiang, Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Ping Xu, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Mar. 2025, Desalination, 597, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Lattice Vacancy-Anchored Perforation of 2D MXenes for Crafting Nanochannel Membranes with Spontaneous Multi-Level Features

  Shilong Li, Kecheng Guan, Dandan Zhou, Dong Zou, Jian Lu, Wenbo Jiang, Bin Chen, Jian Qiu, Lele Cui, Tianxiang Yu, Yuqing Sun, Zhi Xu, Wanqin Jin, Wenheng Jing

  Lead, Feb. 2025, ACS Nano, 19(5) (5), 5178 - 5192, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Novel dissolution-phase inversion strategy for the green and high-flux PVDF membranes for membrane distillation

  Dong Zou, Longbo Xia, Kai Miao, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama, Enrico Drioli, Zhaoxiang Zhong

  Feb. 2025, Journal of Membrane Science, 717, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Multifunctional role of surfactant in fabricating polyamide nanofiltration membranes for Li⁺/Mg²⁺ separation

  Shang Fang, Kecheng Guan, Aiwen Zhang, Liheng Dai, Siyu Zhou, Wenming Fu, Mengyang Hu, Ping Xu, Pengfei Zhang, Zhan Li, Zhaohuan Mai, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Jan. 2025, Desalination, 594, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Comprehensive review of nanofiltration membranes for efficient resource recovery from textile wastewater

  Yanyan Liu, Junyong Zhu, Ming Shuo Chi, Gilles Van Eygen, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Jan. 2025, Chemical Engineering Journal, 506, English

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• Zwitterionic triethanolamine-grafted nanofiltration membranes for sustainable antibiotic recovery

  Yang, F., Liu, Y., Li, C., Zhao, S., Jiang, S., Hu, M., Zhang, P., Dai, L., Guan, K., Matsuyama, H.

  2025, Journal of Membrane Science, 736, English

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• Fe–O–Fe-bridged porphyrin network membranes for solvent-resistant nanofiltration

  Wang, Z., Nakagawa, K., Guan, K., Zhang, A., Okamoto, Y., Matsuoka, A., Kamio, E., Yoshioka, T., Matsuyama, H.

  2025, Journal of Membrane Science, 737, English

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• Constructing re-entrant superhydrophobic structures on membrane surface for robust anti-wetting membrane distillation

  Li, B., Zhang, P., Gonzales, R.R., Li, Z., Zhao, S., Mai, Z., Guan, K., Hu, M., Dai, L., Liu, Y., Lin, Y., Yoshioka, T., Matsuyama, H.

  2025, Journal of Membrane Science, 736, English

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  Scientific journal


• Polar Pore Surface of Polyamide Membranes Enabling Efficient Solvent Mixture Separation

  Aiwen Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Zhaohuan Mai, Zheng Wang, Liheng Dai, Chuang Li, Bowen Li, Zhan Li, Mengyang Hu, Pengfei Zhang, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, 2025, Advanced Functional Materials, 35(23) (23), English

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• Fabrication of omniphobic PVDF membrane with SiO2–FeOOH hierarchical structures for robust membrane distillation

  Jie Xu, Longbo Xia, Jinxin Liu, Kecheng Guan, Ping Luo, Hideto Matsuyama, Dong Zou, Zhaoxiang Zhong

  Jan. 2025, Journal of Membrane Science, 713, English

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• Open and FAIR data for nanofiltration in organic media: A unified approach

  Simon Van Buggenhout, Gergo Ignacz, Scout Caspers, Robin Dhondt, Marie Lenaerts, Nathalie Lenaerts, Sareh Rezaei Hosseinabadi, Ines Nulens, Guy Koeckelberghs, Yi Ren, Ryan P. Lively, Murielle Rabiller-Baudry, Ki Min Lim, Nazlee Ghazali, Joaquin Coronas, Milan Abel, Matthias Wessling, Mirko Skiborowski, Adam Oxley, Seok Ju Han, Andrew Livingston, Zhuan Yi, Congjie Gao, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Hideto Matsuyama, Srivatsa NM Bettahalli, Jeffrey R. McCutcheon, Farzaneh Radmanesh, Nieck E. Benes, Akbar Asadi Tashvigh, Qing Fang, Kaisong Zhang, Guining Chen, Wanqin Jin, Yatao Zhang, Chun Xu Zhang, Mei Ling Liu, Shi Peng Sun, Anita Buekenhoudt, Chen Zhao, Bart Van der Bruggen, Jeong F. Kim, Lucas C. Condes, Matthew T. Webb, Michele Galizia, Banan Alhazmi, Lakshmeesha Upadhyaya, Suzana P. Nunes, Dae Woo Kim, Henrik Schröter, Udo Kragl, Sven Störtte, Andreas J. Vorholt, P. Zeynep Culfaz-Emecen, Marie Alix Pizzoccaro-Zilamy, Louis Winnubst, Alexey Yushkin, Alexey Volkov, John Chau, Kamalesh K. Sirkar, Shao Lu, Gyorgy Szekely, Ivo Vankelecom, Rhea Verbeke

  Jan. 2025, Journal of Membrane Science, 713, English

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• Robust hydrophobic ceramic membrane for high-salinity wastewater separation via membrane distillation

  Kai Miao, Yuqi Song, Kecheng Guan, Jinxin Liu, Hideto Matsuyama, Dong Zou, Zhaoxiang Zhong

  Dec. 2024, Desalination, 592, English

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• Polyethylenimine-assisted preparation of Zr-MOF/GO membranes for radionuclide separation

  Chuang Li, Zhan Li, Kecheng Guan, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Pengfei Zhang, Ping Xu, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Mengyang Hu, Zhaohuan Mai, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Dec. 2024, Desalination, 592, 118118 - 118118, English

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• Fabrication of polydopamine/graphene oxide composite membranes for effective radionuclide removal

  Chuang Li, Zhan Li, Yu Hsuan Chiao, Kecheng Guan, Xiaoliang Zhang, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Nov. 2024, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 701, English

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• Self‐Aggregation Control of Porphyrin for Enhanced Selective Covalent Organic Network Membranes

  Zheng Wang, Keizo Nakagawa, Kecheng Guan, Mengyang Hu, Zhaohuan Mai, Wenming Fu, Qin Shen, Yasunao Okamoto, Atsushi Matsuoka, Eiji Kamio, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Nov. 2024, Small, 21(13) (13), English

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• Hydrogel membrane composite reduces fouling and retains ammonium efficiently

  Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Jing Li, Pengfei Zhang, Ping Xu, Zhan Li, Mengyang Hu, Zhaohuan Mai, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Aug. 2024, Environmental Chemistry Letters, 22(4) (4), 1615 - 1621, English

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• One-Step Phase Separation and Mineralization Fabrication of Membranes for Oily Wastewater Treatment

  Mengyang Hu, Yu Hsuan Chiao, Wenming Fu, Pengfei Zhang, Shang Fang, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Zhan Li, Ping Xu, Zhaohuan Mai, Liheng Dai, Hideto Matsuyama

  Jul. 2024, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(29) (29), 38723 - 38732, English

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• Ternary-coordination-regulated polyamide nanofiltration membranes for Li⁺/Mg²⁺ separation

  Shang Fang, Kecheng Guan, Siyu Zhou, Qiangqiang Song, Yongxuan Shi, Wenming Fu, Zhan Li, Ping Xu, Mengyang Hu, Zhaohuan Mai, Pengfei Zhang, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Jul. 2024, Desalination, 581, English

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• Influence of polar solvent in formation and organic solvent separation performance of novel fluorine-containing polyamide membranes

  Guorong Xu, Zhaohuan Mai, Wenming Fu, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Yu Hsuan Chiao, Luyao Deng, Mengyang Hu, Kecheng Guan, Ping Xu, Pengfei Zhang, Zhan Li, Hideto Matsuyama

  Jul. 2024, Journal of Membrane Science, 706, English

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• Engineering high-flux poly (vinylidene fluoride) membranes with symmetric structure for membrane distillation via delayed phase inversion

  Longbo Xia, Kecheng Guan, Shanshan He, Ping Luo, Hideto Matsuyama, Zhaoxiang Zhong, Dong Zou

  Jun. 2024, Separation and Purification Technology, 338, English

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• Engineering PVDF omniphobic membranes with flower-like micro-nano structures for robust membrane distillation

  Jie Xu, Kecheng Guan, Ping Luo, Shanshan He, Hideto Matsuyama, Dong Zou, Zhaoxiang Zhong

  Jun. 2024, Desalination, 578, English

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• Confined-Coordination Induced Intergrowth of Metal–Organic Frameworks into Precise Molecular Sieving Membranes

  Guozhen Liu, Binyu Mo, Yanan Guo, Zhenyu Chu, Xiao Ming Ren, Kecheng Guan, Renjie Miao, Zhenggang Wang, Yaxin Zhang, Wenqi Ji, Gongping Liu, Hideto Matsuyama, Wanqin Jin

  Jun. 2024, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 63(24) (24), e202405676, English, International magazine

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• Surface polarity modulation enables high-performance polyamide membranes for separation of polar/non-polar organic solvent mixtures

  Wenming Fu, Mengyang Hu, Jing Liu, Luyao Deng, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Shang Fang, Zheng Wang, Yongxuan Shi, Shang Xiang, Pengfei Zhang, Wenxiong Shi, Hideto Matsuyama

  Jun. 2024, Journal of Membrane Science, 704, 122901 - 122901, English

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• Nanomorphogenesis of polyamide membranes by regulating activator-inhibitor diffusivity difference

  Yongxuan Shi, Zhaohuan Mai, Qin Shen, Qiangqiang Song, Wenming Fu, Shang Xiang, Mengyang Hu, Kecheng Guan, Ryosuke Takagi, Hideto Matsuyama

  May 2024, Journal of Membrane Science, 702, English

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• Nanochannel Stability of Chemically Converted Graphene Oxide Membranes

  Siyu Zhou, Kecheng Guan, Zhan Li, Ping Xu, Shang Fang, Aiwen Zhang, Zheng Wang, Shengnan He, Keizo Nakagawa, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Apr. 2024, Small, 20(34) (34), English

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• Fabrication of polydopamine/rGO Membranes for Effective Radionuclide Removal

  Chuang Li, Zhan Li, Zheng Wang, Kecheng Guan, Yu Hsuan Chiao, Pengfei Zhang, Ping Xu, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Mengyang Hu, Zhaohuan Mai, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Mar. 2024, ACS Omega, 9(12) (12), 14187 - 14197, English

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• Isopropanol concentration by osmotically assisted reverse osmosis

  Mengyang Hu, Kazuo Kumagai, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Kecheng Guan, Takahiro Kawakatsu, Hideto Matsuyama

  Mar. 2024, Journal of Membrane Science, 697, 122581 - 122581, English

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• Fabrication of high-permeance polyketone (PK) hollow fiber membrane using triple-orifice spinneret via the thermally induced phase separation

  Shang Xiang, Pengfei Zhang, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Bowen Li, Saeid Rajabzadeh, Yongxuan Shi, Mengyang Hu, Zhan Li, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Mar. 2024, Journal of Membrane Science, 695, 122511 - 122511, English

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  Scientific journal


• Wetting-and scaling-resistant superhydrophobic hollow fiber membrane with hierarchical surface structure for membrane distillation

  Pengfei Zhang, Shang Xiang, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Zhan Li, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Kecheng Guan, Mengyang Hu, Ping Xu, Zhaohuan Mai, Saeid Rajabzadeh, Keizo Nakagawa, Hideto Matsuyama

  Feb. 2024, Journal of Membrane Science, 693, 122338 - 122338, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Charge-Sign-Independent Separation of Mono- and Divalent Ions With Nanofiltration Membranes

  Ping Xu, Shaofan Duan, Zhan Li, Mengyang Hu, Pengfei Zhang, Liheng Dai, Zhaohuan Mai, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials, 35(10) (10), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Sodium-Ion Traps in a Two-Dimensional Confined Channel for Effective Water and Ion Selective Transport

  Liheng Dai, Kecheng Guan, Zhaohuan Mai, Shang Fang, Shuzhen Zhao, Mengyang Hu, Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, Ping Xu, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, 2024, Nano Letters, 24(43) (43), 13686 - 13694, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Lowering spinning temperature for polyketone (PK) hollow fiber membrane fabrication with low-toxic diluent system via thermally induced phase separation

  Shang Xiang, Pengfei Zhang, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Rajabzadeh Saeid, Luyao Deng, Yongxuan Shi, Wenming Fu, Zhan Li, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Jan. 2024, Journal of Membrane Science, 689, 122176 - 122176, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Nanochannel characteristics contributing to ion/ion selectivity in two-dimensional graphene oxide membranes

  Siyu Zhou, Kecheng Guan, Shang Fang, Zheng Wang, Zhan Li, Ping Xu, Keizo Nakagawa, Ryosuke Takagi, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Jan. 2024, Journal of Membrane Science, 689, 122185 - 122185, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Design of ultrathin cross-linked poly(ethylene oxide) selective layer for high-performance CO2 capture

  Yue Chen, Meigui He, Jianmin Zhang, Yiting Su, Zhe Xue, Chengze He, Yufan Ji, Kecheng Guan, Jing Zhao, Hideto Matsuyama, Wanqin Jin

  Dec. 2023, Chemical Engineering Journal, 478, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Fine-tuning polyamide nanofiltration membrane for ultrahigh separation selectivity of Mg2+ and Li+

  Ping Xu, Kecheng Guan, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Zhaohuan Mai, Zhan Li, Mengyang Hu, Pengfei Zhang, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Hideto Matsuyama

  Dec. 2023, Journal of Membrane Science, 688, 122133 - 122133, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Thin film composite membrane with improved permeance for reverse osmosis and organic solvent reverse osmosis

  Kecheng Guan, Shang Fang, Siyu Zhou, Wenming Fu, Zhan Li, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Ping Xu, Zhaohuan Mai, Mengyang Hu, Pengfei Zhang, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, Dec. 2023, Journal of Membrane Science, 688, 122104 - 122104, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Complexation of cellulose nanocrystals and amine monomer for improved interfacial polymerization of nanofiltration membrane

  Shang Fang, Kecheng Guan, Zhaohuan Mai, Siyu Zhou, Qiangqiang Song, Zhan Li, Ping Xu, Mengyang Hu, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Pengfei Zhang, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Dec. 2023, Journal of Membrane Science, 687, 122048 - 122048, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Fabrication of hydrophobic bi-layer fiber-aligned PVDF/PVDF-PSF membranes using green solvent for membrane distillation

  Dong Zou, Longbo Xia, Ping Luo, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama, Zhaoxiang Zhong

  Nov. 2023, Desalination, 565, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Improvement of anti-wetting and anti-scaling properties in membrane distillation process by a facile fluorine coating method

  Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Ping Xu, Zhaohuan Mai, Guorong Xu, Mengyang Hu, Tooru Kitagawa, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Nov. 2023, Desalination, 566, 116936 - 116936, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Nanomorphogenesis of template-induced crumpled polyamide nanofiltration membranes

  Yongxuan Shi, Zheng Wang, Zhaohuan Mai, Qin Shen, Qiangqiang Song, Wenming Fu, Shang Xiang, Shang Fang, Pengfei Zhang, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Nov. 2023, Journal of Membrane Science, 686, 121997 - 121997, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Thin continuous membrane coating with high surface energy for comprehensive antifouling seawater distillation

  Yuandong Jia, Kecheng Guan, Zhaohuan Mai, Shang Fang, Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, Dong Zou, Xiaobin Jiang, Gaohong He, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Oct. 2023, Water Research, 244, 120439 - 120439, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Temperature-modulated formation of polyamide layer for enhanced organic solvent reverse osmosis (OSRO) performance

  Guorong Xu, Yu Hsuan Chiao, Wenming Fu, Luyao Deng, Mengyang Hu, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Hideto Matsuyama

  Sep. 2023, Journal of Membrane Science, 682, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Polyamide composite membrane with 3D honeycomb-like structure via acetone-regulated interfacial polymerization for high-efficiency organic solvent nanofiltration

  Wenming Fu, Luyao Deng, Mengyang Hu, Zhaohuan Mai, Guorong Xu, Yongxuan Shi, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Atsushi Matsuoka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Aug. 2023, Journal of Membrane Science, 679, 121711 - 121711, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Deciphering the role of polyketone substrates in tuning the structure and properties of polyamide nanofiltration membranes

  Ping Xu, Kecheng Guan, Jun Hong, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Zhaohuan Mai, Zhan Li, Mengyang Hu, Pengfei Zhang, Guorong Xu, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Hideto Matsuyama

  Jul. 2023, Journal of Membrane Science, 678, 121687 - 121687, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Development of porous polyketone membrane via liquid–liquid thermally induced phase separation

  Shang Xiang, Pengfei Zhang, Saeid Rajabzadeh, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Zhan Li, Yongxuan Shi, Siyu Zhou, Mengyang Hu, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Jul. 2023, Journal of Membrane Science, 677, 121639 - 121639, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Side-Chain-Dependent Functional Intercalations in Graphene Oxide Membranes for Selective Water and Ion Transport.

  Kecheng Guan, Zhaohuan Mai, Siyu Zhou, Shang Fang, Zhan Li, Ping Xu, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Mengyang Hu, Pengfei Zhang, Guorong Xu, Keizo Nakagawa, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, Jun. 2023, Nano letters, 23(13) (13), 6095 - 6101, English, International magazine

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Confined and mediated intercalation of nanoparticles in graphene oxide membrane to fine-tune desalination performance

  Siyu Zhou, Kecheng Guan, Zheng Wang, Qiangqiang Song, Zhan Li, Ping Xu, Luyao Deng, Shang Xiang, Hideto Matsuyama

  Jun. 2023, Chemical Engineering Journal, 465, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Two-Dimensional Interlayer Space Induced Horizontal Transformation of Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets for Highly Permeable Nanofiltration Membranes.

  Zheng Wang, Keizo Nakagawa, Kecheng Guan, Qiangqiang Song, Siyu Zhou, Shunsuke Tanaka, Yasunao Okamoto, Atsushi Matsuoka, Eiji Kamio, Guangchao Li, Molly Meng-Jung Li, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Apr. 2023, Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 19(33) (33), e2300672, English, International magazine

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Highly permeable nanofilms with asymmetric multilayered structure engineered via amine-decorated interlayered interfacial polymerization

  Qiangqiang Song, Yuqing Lin, Siyu Zhou, Titik Istirokhatun, Zheng Wang, Qin Shen, Zhaohuan Mai, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Mar. 2023, Journal of Membrane Science, 670, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• An experimental study on recovering and concentrating ammonia by sweep gas membrane distillation

  Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Toru Ishigami, Ming Xue, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Mar. 2023, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 171, 555 - 560, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Deformation constraints of graphene oxide nanochannels under reverse osmosis.

  Kecheng Guan, Yanan Guo, Zhan Li, Yuandong Jia, Qin Shen, Keizo Nakagawa, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, Feb. 2023, Nature communications, 14(1) (1), 1016 - 1016, English, International magazine

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal

  Link to Kobe Univ. Repository (Kernel)


• Fabrication of highly positively charged nanofiltration membranes by novel interfacial polymerization: Accelerating Mg²⁺ removal and Li⁺ enrichment

  Ping Xu, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Jun Hong, Kecheng Guan, Yu Hsuan Chiao, Zhaohuan Mai, Zhan Li, Saeid Rajabzadeh, Hideto Matsuyama

  Feb. 2023, Journal of Membrane Science, 668, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• When self-assembly meets interfacial polymerization

  Qin Shen, Qiangqiang Song, Zhaohuan Mai, Kueir Rarn Lee, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Hideto Matsuyama

  2023, Science Advances, 9(18) (18), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal

  Link to Kobe Univ. Repository (Kernel)


• Regulating interfacial polymerization via a multi-functional calcium carbonate based interlayer for a highly permselective nanofiltration membrane

  Mengyang Hu, Wenming Fu, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Qiangqiang Song, Atsushi Matsuoka, Zhaohuan Mai, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Pengfei Zhang, Zhan Li, Hideto Matsuyama

  2023, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11(16) (16), 8836 - 8844, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Asymmetric superwetting Janus structure for fouling- and scaling-resistant membrane distillation

  Yuandong Jia, Kecheng Guan, Pengfei Zhang, Qin Shen, Zhan Li, Titik Istirokhatun, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Sep. 2022, Journal of Membrane Science, 657, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Water flux enhancement of PVDF membrane by a facile coating method for vacuum membrane distillation

  Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Aug. 2022, Desalination, 536, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Zwitterion grafted forward osmosis membranes with superwetting property via atom transfer radical polymerization

  Xuesong Yao, Kecheng Guan, Yuji Sasaki, Takuji Shintani, Keizo Nakagawa, Hideto Matsuyama

  Aug. 2022, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 139(30) (30), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Integration of thin film composite graphene oxide membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration

  Kecheng Guan, Kai Ushio, Keizo Nakagawa, Takuji Shintani, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Atsushi Matsuoka, Eiji Kamio, Wanqin Jin, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, Jul. 2022, Journal of Membrane Science, 660, 120861 - 120861, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• The underlying mechanism insights into support polydopamine decoration toward ultrathin polyamide membranes for high-performance reverse osmosis

  Qin Shen, Yuqing Lin, Takafumi Ueda, Pengfei Zhang, Yuandong Jia, Titik Istirokhatun, Qiangqiang Song, Kecheng Guan, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Mar. 2022, Journal of Membrane Science, 646, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Ag-based nanocapsule-regulated interfacial polymerization Enables synchronous nanostructure towards high-performance nanofiltration membrane for sustainable water remediation

  Titik Istirokhatun, Yuqing Lin, Qin Shen, Kecheng Guan, Shengyao Wang, Hideto Matsuyama

  Mar. 2022, Journal of Membrane Science, 645, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Removal of heat-stable salts from lean amine solution using bipolar membrane electrodialysis

  Zhiwei Zhou, Yuqing Lin, Yan Jin, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama, Jianguo Yu

  Mar. 2022, Journal of Membrane Science, 645, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Graphene Nanopores and Nanochannels for Water Transport

  Kecheng Guan, Wanqin Jin, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, The Membrane Society of Japan, 2022, MEMBRANE, 47(2) (2), 68 - 75

  [Refereed][Invited]


• Interfacial polymerization of thin film selective membrane layers: Effect of polyketone substrates

  Kecheng Guan, Yuji Sasaki, Yuandong Jia, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Pengfei Zhang, Yuqing Lin, Zhan Li, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, Dec. 2021, Journal of Membrane Science, 640, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Mechanism insights into the role of the support mineralization layer toward ultrathin polyamide nanofilms for ultrafast molecular separation

  Qiangqiang Song, Yuqing Lin, Takafumi Ueda, Titik Istirokhatun, Qin Shen, Kecheng Guan, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Dec. 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(46) (46), 26159 - 26171, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Aliphatic polyketone-based thin film composite membrane with mussel-inspired polydopamine intermediate layer for high performance osmotic power generation

  Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Lei Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Myoung Jun Park, Sherub Phuntsho, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, Hideto Matsuyama, Ho Kyong Shon

  Nov. 2021, Desalination, 516, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Nanostructural Manipulation of Polyphenol Coatings for Superwetting Membrane Surfaces

  Yuandong Jia, Kecheng Guan, Pengfei Zhang, Qin Shen, Titik Istirokhatun, Yuqing Lin, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Nov. 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9(43) (43), 14525 - 14536, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Development of ultrathin polyamide nanofilm with enhanced inner-pore interconnectivity via graphene quantum dots-assembly intercalation for high-performance organic solvent nanofiltration

  Qin Shen, Yuqing Lin, Pengfei Zhang, Jumpei Segawa, Yuandong Jia, Titik Istirokhatun, Xingzhong Cao, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Oct. 2021, Journal of Membrane Science, 635, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Graphene quantum dots (GQDs)-assembled membranes with intrinsic functionalized nanochannels for high-performance nanofiltration

  Yuqing Lin, Qin Shen, Yuki Kawabata, Jumpei Segawa, Xingzhong Cao, Kecheng Guan, Titik Istirokhatun, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Sep. 2021, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 420, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Dehydration of C-2-C-4 alcohol/water mixtures via electrostatically enhanced graphene oxide laminar membranes

  Song Liu, Guanyu Zhou, Kecheng Guan, Xi Chen, Zhenyu Chu, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin

  Jun. 2021, AICHE JOURNAL, 67(6) (6), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Chemically Converted Graphene Nanosheets for the Construction of Ion-Exclusion Nanochannel Membranes

  Kecheng Guan, Yuandong Jia, Yuqing Lin, Shengyao Wang, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, Apr. 2021, NANO LETTERS, 21(8) (8), 3495 - 3502, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Surface engineering with microstructured gel networks for superwetting membranes

  Yuandong Jia, Kecheng Guan, Pengfei Zhang, Qin Shen, Shengyao Wang, Yuqing Lin, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Mar. 2021, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 9(12) (12), 7924 - 7934, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• In situ formation of ultrathin polyampholyte layer on porous polyketone membrane via a one-step dopamine co-deposition strategy for oil/water separation with ultralow fouling

  Lei Zhang, Ryosuke Takagi, Shengyao Wang, Yuqing Lin, Kecheng Guan, Liang Cheng, Hideto Matsuyama

  Feb. 2021, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 619, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Zwitterionic Copolymer-Regulated Interfacial Polymerization for Highly Permselective Nanofiltration Membrane

  Yuqing Lin, Xuesong Yao, Qin Shen, Takafumi Ueda, Yuki Kawabata, Jumpei Segawa, Kecheng Guan, Titik Istirokhatun, Qiangqiang Song, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  2021, Nano Letters, 21(15) (15), 6525 - 6532, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Enabling polyketone membrane with underwater superoleophobicity via a hydrogel-based modification for high-efficiency oil-in-water emulsion separation

  Yuandong Jia, Kecheng Guan, Lei Zhang, Yuqing Lin, Qin Shen, Pengfei Zhang, Hideto Matsuyama

  Corresponding, Jan. 2021, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 618, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Nanochannel-confined charge repulsion of ions in a reduced graphene oxide membrane

  Kecheng Guan, Shengyao Wang, Yufan Ji, Yuandong Jia, Lei Zhang, Kai Ushio, Yuqing Lin, Wanqin Jin, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, Dec. 2020, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 8(48) (48), 25880 - 25889, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Custom-tailoring metal-organic framework in thin-film nanocomposite nanofiltration membrane with enhanced internal polarity and amplified surface crosslinking for elevated separation property

  Yuqing Lin, Hao-Chen Wu, Qin Shen, Lei Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Takuji Shintani, Kuo-Lun Tung, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama

  Nov. 2020, DESALINATION, 493, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Controlling the formation of porous polyketone membranes via a cross-linkable alginate additive for oil-in-water emulsion separations

  Kecheng Guan, Lei Zhang, Shengyao Wang, Ryosuke Takagi, Hideto Matsuyama

  Lead, Oct. 2020, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 611, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Engineering Heterostructured Thin-Film Nanocomposite Membrane with Functionalized Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots (GOQD) for Highly Efficient Reverse Osmosis

  Qin Shen, Yuqing Lin, Yuki Kawabata, Yuandong Jia, Pengfei Zhang, Nawshad Akther, Kecheng Guan, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hokyong Shon, Hideto Matsuyama

  Aug. 2020, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 12(34) (34), 38662 - 38673, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Graphene-based membranes for pervaporation processes

  Kecheng Guan, Gongping Liu, Hideto Matsuyama, Wanqin Jin

  Lead, Jul. 2020, CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 28(7) (7), 1755 - 1766, English

  [Refereed]


• Cysteamine-crosslinked graphene oxide membrane with enhanced hydrogen separation property

  Long Cheng, Kecheng Guan, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin

  Feb. 2020, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 595, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Ultrafast water-selective permeation through graphene oxide membrane with water transport promoters

  Feng Liang, Quan Liu, Jing Zhao, Kecheng Guan, Yangyang Mao, Gongping Liu, Xuehong Gu, Wanqin Jin

  Feb. 2020, AICHE JOURNAL, 66(2) (2), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Novel thin-film composite membrane with ultrathin surface mineralization layer engineered by electrostatic attraction induced In-situ assembling process for high-performance nanofiltration

  Titik Istirokhatun, Yuqing Lin, Shengyao Wang, Qin Shen, Jumpei Segawa, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  2020, Chemical Engineering Journal, 417, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• High-Performance CO2 Capture through Polymer-Based Ultrathin Membranes

  Yufan Ji, Mengchen Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin, Jing Zhao

  Aug. 2019, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 29(33) (33), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Cation-diffusion controlled formation of thin graphene oxide composite membranes for efficient ethanol dehydration

  Kecheng Guan, Quan Liu, Guanyu Zhou, Guozhen Liu, Yufan Ji, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin

  Lead, Jul. 2019, SCIENCE CHINA-MATERIALS, 62(7) (7), 925 - 935, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Controllable ion transport by surface-charged graphene oxide membrane

  Mengchen Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Yufan Ji, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin, Nanping Xu

  Mar. 2019, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 10(1) (1), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Fabrication of ZIF-300 membrane and its application for efficient removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater

  Jianwei Yuan, Wei-Song Hung, Haipeng Zhu, Kecheng Guan, Yufan Ji, Yangyang Mao, Gongping Liu, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Wanqin Jin

  Jan. 2019, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 572, 20 - 27, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• 2D MXene Nanofilms with Tunable Gas Transport Channels

  Jie Shen, Guozhen Liu, Yufan Ji, Quan Liu, Long Cheng, Kecheng Guan, Mengchen Zhang, Gongping Liu, Jie Xiong, Jian Yang, Wanqin Jin

  Aug. 2018, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 28(31) (31), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Precisely Controlling Nanochannels of Graphene Oxide Membranes through Lignin-Based Cation Decoration for Dehydration of Biofuels

  Kecheng Guan, Quan Liu, Yufan Ji, Mengchen Zhang, Yulin Wu, Jing Zhao, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin

  Lead, Jul. 2018, CHEMSUSCHEM, 11(14) (14), 2315 - 2320, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Incorporating Graphene Oxide into Alginate Polymer with a Cationic Intermediate To Strengthen Membrane Dehydration Performance

  Kecheng Guan, Feng Liang, Haipeng Zhu, Jing Zhao, Wanqin Jin

  Lead, Apr. 2018, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 10(16) (16), 13903 - 13913, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• 3D nanoporous crystals enabled 2D channels in graphene membrane with enhanced water purification performance

  Kecheng Guan, Di Zhao, Mengchen Zhang, Jie Shen, Guanyu Zhou, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin

  Lead, Nov. 2017, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 542, 41 - 51, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Nanoparticles@rGO Membrane Enabling Highly Enhanced Water Permeability and Structural Stability with Preserved Selectivity

  Mengchen Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Jie Shen, Gongping Liu, Yiqun Fan, Wanqin Jin

  Nov. 2017, AICHE JOURNAL, 63(11) (11), 5054 - 5063, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Excellent Biofouling Alleviation of Thermoexfoliated Vermiculite Blended Poly(ether sulfone) Ultrafiltration Membrane

  Yasin Orooji, Feng Liang, Amir Razmjou, Sha Li, Mohammad Reza Mofid, Quan Liu, Kecheng Guan, Zhengkun Liu, Wanqin Jin

  Sep. 2017, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 9(35) (35), 30024 - 30034, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Highly Efficient Recovery of Propane by Mixed-Matrix Membrane via Embedding Functionalized Graphene Oxide Nanosheets into Polydimethylsiloxane

  Guoshun Shen, Jing Zhao, Kecheng Guan, Jie Shen, Wanqin Jin

  Aug. 2017, AICHE JOURNAL, 63(8) (8), 3501 - 3510, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Spray-evaporation assembled graphene oxide membranes for selective hydrogen transport

  Kecheng Guan, Jie Shen, Gongping Liu, Jing Zhao, Haoli Zhou, Wanqin Jin

  Lead, Mar. 2017, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 174, 126 - 135, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• UiO-66-polyether block amide mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separation

  Jie Shen, Gongping Liu, Kang Huang, Qianqian Li, Kecheng Guan, Yukai Li, Wanqin Jin

  Sep. 2016, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 513, 155 - 165, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Size Effects of Graphene Oxide on Mixed Matrix Membranes for CO2 Separation

  Jie Shen, Mengchen Zhang, Gongping Liu, Kecheng Guan, Wanqin Jin

  Aug. 2016, AICHE JOURNAL, 62(8) (8), 2843 - 2852, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• PEBA/ceramic hollow fiber composite membrane for high-efficiency recovery of bio-butanol via pervaporation

  Yukai Li, Jie Shen, Kecheng Guan, Gongping Liu, Haoli Zhou, Wanqin Jin

  Jul. 2016, JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE, 510, 338 - 347, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• A ZIF-71 Hollow Fiber Membrane Fabricated by Contra-Diffusion

  Kang Huang, Qianqian Li, Gongping Liu, Jie Shen, Kecheng Guan, Wanqin Jin

  Aug. 2015, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 7(30) (30), 16157 - 16160, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal

• Membrane charge neutralization in nanofiltration for universal mono-/divalent ion sieving

  Kecheng Guan

  The 18th Annual Conference of the Global Chinese Chemical Engineering Scholars, Aug. 2026

  [Invited]

  Invited oral presentation


• Membrane channel polarity control and solvent transport properties

  Kecheng Guan

  The 12th China Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes, Aug. 2026

  [Invited]

  Invited oral presentation


• Polarity-Regulated Transport in Nanoconfined Membranes for Solvent Separation

  Kecheng Guan

  The 4th Global Conference of Innovation Materials & MRS-K Spring Meeting, Jun. 2026

  [Invited]

  Invited oral presentation


• Substrate control for improved interfacial polymerization of polyamide membranes

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  The Society of Chemical Engineers Japan 91st Annual Meeting, Mar. 2026

  Oral presentation


• Polyamide membranes for efficient solvent mixture separation

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  The 12th International Membrane Science & Technology Conference, Dec. 2025

  Oral presentation


• Polyamine-based polyamide membranes for reverse osmosis separation of organic solvent mixtures

  Kecheng Guan, Aiwen Zhang, Hideto Matsuyama

  Membrane Symposium 2025, Nov. 2025


• Thin film composite polyamide membranes for solvent reverse osmosis

  Kecheng Guan

  2025 International Symposium on Advanced Membrane Materials and Separation Technologies, Oct. 2025

  [Invited]

  Keynote oral presentation


• Zwitterionic nanofiltration membranes for charge-sign-independent separation of mono- and divalent ions

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  56th Autumn Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineering Japan, Sep. 2025

  Oral presentation


• Charge-sign-independent separation of mono- and divalent ions with nanofiltration membranes

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  15th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society, Aug. 2025

  Oral presentation


• Graphene Oxide Coatings for Improved Membrane Distillation

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  The 47th Annual Meeting of the Membrane Society of Japan, Jun. 2025


• Intercalation modifications of graphene oxide nanofiltration membranes

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  The Society of Chemical Engineers Japan 90th Annual Meeting, Mar. 2025

  Oral presentation


• Stability of two-dimensional graphene oxide membrane nanochannels

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA) Annual Meeting and Conference 2024, Dec. 2024

  [Invited]

  Invited oral presentation


• Nanochannel stability of graphene oxide membranes

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Membrane Symposium 2024, Nov. 2024


• Controlled formation of polyethylenimine-based polyamide membranes for lithium extraction

  Kecheng Guan, Shang Fang, Hideto Matsuyama

  55th Autumn Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineering Japan, Sep. 2024


• Membrane coatings for robust seawater distillation

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  14th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS), Jul. 2024

  [Invited]

  Invited oral presentation


• Thin film composite membrane with improved permeance for general reverse osmosis

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  The 46th Annual Meeting of the Membrane Society of Japan, Jun. 2024

  Oral presentation


• Surface coatings for fouling-resistant membrane distillation

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  The North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting 2024, May 2024

  [Invited]

  Invited oral presentation


• Confined and mediated intercalation modification of graphene oxide membranes

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  International Conference on Future Membranes 2024, Apr. 2024

  [Invited]

  Invited oral presentation


• Confined and mediated intercalation modification of graphene oxide membranes

  Kecheng Guan, Siyu Zhou, Hideto Matsuyama

  The 45th Annual Meeting of the Membrane Society of Japan & Membrane Symposium 2023, Nov. 2023


• Surface coatings for fouling-resistant membrane distillation

  Kecheng Guan, Yuandong Jia, Hideto Matsuyama

  54th Autumn Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineering Japan, Sep. 2023


• Confined graphene oxide nanochannel membranes for desalination

  Kecheng Guan, Wanqin Jin, Hideto Matsuyama

  The 13th International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes, Jul. 2023

  Oral presentation


• Deformation constraints of graphene oxide nanochannels under reverse osmosis

  Kecheng Guan, Wanqin Jin, Hideto Matsuyama

  The Society of Chemical Engineers Japan 88th Annual Meeting, Mar. 2023


• Composite membrane structure with asymmetric wetting properties for membrane distillation

  Kecheng Guan, Yuandong Jia, Hideto Matsuyama

  The 11th International Membrane Science & Technology Conference, Dec. 2022


• Asymmetric superwetting Janus membrane for membrane distillation

  Kecheng Guan, Yuandong Jia, Hideto Matsuyama

  The Society of Chemical Engineers Japan 53rd Autumn Meeting, Sep. 2022


• Polyketone enabled membranes materials for water purification

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyam

  13th Conference of the Aseanian Membrane Society, Jul. 2022

  Oral presentation


• Thin film composite reverse osmosis membrane with polyketone substrates

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  44th Annual Meeting of the Membrane Society of Japan, Jun. 2022


• Microstructured coating for superwetting membrane surfaces

  Kecheng Guan, Yuandong Jia, Hideto Matsuyama

  Membrane Symposium 2021, Nov. 2021


• Multilayered graphene oxide membranes with confined nanochannels for ion exclusion

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  5th International Conference on Membrane Desalination 2021, Nov. 2021


• Superwetting polyketone membranes for oil/water separation

  Kecheng Guan, Yuandong Jia, Hideto Matsuyama

  52rd Autumn Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineering Japan, Sep. 2021


• Chemically converted graphene membrane with ion-exclusion nanochannels

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  43rd Annual Meeting of the Membrane Society of Japan, Jun. 2021


• Nanochannel-confined charge repulsion of ions in a reduced graphene membrane

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  86th Annual Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineering Japan, Mar. 2021

  Oral presentation


• Controlling the formation of porous polyketone membrane by a cross-linkable alginate additive

  Kecheng Guan, Lei Zhang, Shengyao Wang, Hideto Matsuyama

  12th International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes, Dec. 2020, English

  Poster presentation


• Nanochannel-confined charge repulsion of ions in a reduced graphene membrane

  Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama

  Membrane Symposium 2020, Nov. 2020, English

  Oral presentation


• Controlling the formation of porous polyketone membranes via a cross-linkable alginate additive for oil-in-water emulsion separations

  Kecheng Guan, Lei Zhang, Shengyao Wang, Ryosuke Takagi, Hideto Matsuyama

  the Society of Chemical Engineering Japan 51st Autumn Meeting, Sep. 2020, English

  Oral presentation


• 3D porous nanocrystals embedded graphene membrane for water purification

  Kecheng Guan, Jie Shen, Jing Zhao, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin

  11th International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes, Jul. 2017, English

  Poster presentation

• The Membrane Society of Japan

  Oct. 2024 - Present


• The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan

  2019 - Present


• The North American Membrane Society

  May 2024 - Apr. 2025


• American Chemical Society

  2023 - 2024

• Charged microporous membranes via interfacial polymerization for energy-efficient lithium extraction

  Kecheng Guan

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Bilateral Collaborations, Joint Research with South Korea (NRF), Apr. 2026 - Mar. 2028, Principal investigator


• Development of multiscale simulations on interfacial polymerization of polyamide desalination membranes

  Zhaohuan Mai, Hideto Matsuyama, Kecheng Guan

  The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C), Kobe University, Feb. 2025 - Mar. 2028


• Interfacial polymerization of fluorous covalent organic framework membranes for crude oil fractionation

  Kecheng Guan

  The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences, Kao Science Encouragement Award, Apr. 2026 - Mar. 2027, Principal investigator


• Polyamide nanofiltration membranes made from mixed amine monomers for lithium extraction

  Kecheng Guan

  Hyogo Science and Technology Association, Academic Research Grant Project, Apr. 2025 - Mar. 2026, Principal investigator


• Development of continuous layer coated membrane for fouling-resistant membrane distillation

  Kecheng Guan

  Japan society for the promotion of science (JSPS), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Kobe University, Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2026


• Improving lithium separation of polyamide membranes fabricated via controlled interfacial polymerization reaction

  Kecheng Guan

  Kawanishi Memorial ShinMaywa Education Foundation, Research grant program, Jun. 2024 - Jun. 2025, Principal investigator


• Development of ultrathin laminar nanosheet membranes with controlled 2-D channel structure for organic solvent filtration

  中川 敬三, 松山 秀人, 吉岡 朋久, Guan Kecheng

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Kobe University, 01 Apr. 2022 - 31 Mar. 2025

  本研究では種々のナノシート材料を支持膜上に積層することによって超薄型有機溶剤ろ過膜を作製し，2-Dチャネル内での有機溶剤透過メカニズムの解明および溶剤―溶質，溶剤―溶剤分離の検証を行う．有機架橋分子を層間に導入し，2-Dチャネル内での化学的相互作用を評価することで積層構造を精密に制御し，透過性や阻止性に寄与する因子を明らかにする．これにより革新的な高透過性ナノシート積層型有機溶剤ろ過膜を実現し，膜工学分野における新たな基礎学理を構築する． R5年度の研究では，GOナノシート積層膜のチャネル構造の制御を目的として，GO層間における金属有機構造体(MOF)ナノシートの形成，またGO層間への二次元物質であるポルフィリン分子の導入に関する検討を行った． 1. MOF-GO複合積層膜は，GO層間におけるZnOナノ粒子のソルボサーマル合成とGO層間の制限された2-Dチャネル内でのZnOからZn-TCPPへのin-situ変換を利用した2段階の方法で作製した．ZnOの合成時間や担持量を最適化することにより，2-Dチャネル内でZn-TCPPの優先配向が示され，水分子の透過パスが短くなり，19.0 L m-2 h-1 bar -1という高い透水性と高いアニオン性色素阻止率を達成した．またメタノールなどアルコール系溶媒への応用も可能であることを確認した． 2. GO積層膜へのポルフィリン(TPP: 5,10,15,20-Tetraphenylporphyrin)分子の導入によるOSN性能への影響について検討した．GO+TPP積層膜において，X線回折測定により積層構造に由来する回折ピークが観察され，TPP修飾により層間隔がわずかに増加することが確認された．またOSN性能を評価したところ，メタノール透過性が増加し，メタノール中のビタミンB12の阻止率は90%以上に向上した．TPP修飾により層間隔の拡大による流量の増加と，2Dチャネル内に部分的な立体障害が生まれたことによる分子ふるい効果の向上によるものと考えられる．


• Research on membranes with asymmetric wettability for brine treatment

  Kecheng Guan

  The Sumitomo Foundation, Grant for Basic Science Research Projects, Nov. 2023 - Nov. 2024, Principal investigator


• ナノシート積層型有機溶剤ナノろ過膜の開発による省エネルギー溶剤回収

  Keizo Nakagawa, Kecheng Guan

  New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Joint Research Project for Young Researchers, NEDO 官民による若手研究者発掘支援事業／マッチングサポートフェーズ（環境・エネルギー分野）, Jan. 2022 - Mar. 2023, Coinvestigator

• Highly functional membrane developed for producing freshwater from seawater

  Asahi Shimbun, Feb. 2021

  Paper


• 海水から淡水をつくる高性能な膜を開発

  Kobe University News Site, Dec. 2020, https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/ja/news/article/2020_12_24_02/

  Internet