https://m2.mtmt.hu/ hun 2026-04-30 11:53 JournalArticle 36199525 APPROVED true Funding Agency and Grant Number: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) [BAS/1/1057-01-01, REI/1/5240-01-01] Funding text: This work was sponsored by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) . Fig. 1 and the graphical abstract were created by Ana Bigio, a scientific illustrator at KAUST. The research reported in this publication was supported by baseline BAS/1/1057-01-01 and NTGC-AI (REI/1/5240-01-01) grant at KAUST. This work used computational resources at the Supercomputing Laboratory at KAUST. 0 false 2025-12-29T09:14:22.986+0000 2025-08-27T13:53:53.384+0000 2025-06-19T14:45:47.219+0000 true 10072271 Andódy Katalin /api/admin/10072271 Admin true 2025-08-27T13:53:53.084+0000 true false true 24 24 /api/publicationtype/24 PublicationType 1 true 24 JournalArticle true 10000059 Article true 24 24 /api/publicationtype/24 PublicationType 1 true 24 JournalArticle /api/subtype/10000059 Szakcikk SubType 101 true 10000059 true 1 /api/category/1 Category true 1 Esposito, R. Membranes for the pervaporation of solvent azeotropes: from molecular to process design true true /api/journal/11536 REVIEWED true false 11536 false 11536 true 1385-8947 1873-3212 Journal FOREIGN 515 163728 163728 17 2025 The separation of organic solvents in the chemical industry is highly energy-intensive, particularly when dealing with azeotropic solvent mixtures for which conventional distillation is ineffective. Addressing the growing environmental concerns, waste generation, and high energy consumption associated with solvent lifecycles requires the development of highly permeable and selective membranes for sustainable solvent recovery. Pervaporation represents a promising, energy-efficient alternative. In this work, we report the fabrication of thin-film composite membranes exhibiting outstanding permselectivity for toluene–methanol mixtures, achieved through interfacial polymerization. The polarity of the nanofilms was enhanced through the incorporation of various hydrophilic amine-functionalized structures. By precisely overcoming the trade-off between selectivity and permeability observed in previously reported polymeric pervaporation membranes. The highest separation performance was attained by combining interfacial polymerization with post-functionalization using polyethyleneimine, yielding an impressive separation factor of 642 and a flux of 4.1 kg m−2h−1. This corresponds to 800 % improvement in selectivity compared to the control polyamide membrane for a 10 wt% methanol and 90 wt% toluene mixture. Long-term stability tests demonstrated the remarkable durability of the post-functionalized membranes, with minimal permeance variation in the methanol concentration of the permeate (∼1.5 %). Process simulations confirmed that integrating pervaporation with distillation enables significantly more energy-efficient and cost-effective operations, underscoring the potential of the developed membranes for polar-non-polar solvent separation applications. 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Fig. 1 and the graphical abstract were created by Ana Bigio, a scientific illustrator at KAUST. The research reported in this publication was supported by...</pre> </div></div>