Mark A. Bissett

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2D Materials in Water Applications Symposium

Dresden, Germany 11 & 12 Apr 2024

Title: 2D Material Membranes for Nanofiltration Applications

First and last name: Dr. Mark A. Bissett

Affiliation: Molymem Ltd., Manchester, UK M139PL & University of Manchester, Manchester, UK M139PL

Short Biography:

Dr. Bissett is currently a Reader in Nanomaterials in the Department of Materials at the University of Manchester. He has a large research group with significant government and industrial grant funding where he focuses on the formulation and testing of nanomaterial membranes, energy storage technologies, and polymer nanocomposites. Alongside his academic career he has successfully patented technology which he invented and spun this out into a company (Molymem Ltd.), which he is a Director and Chief Scientific Officer for.

Abstract:

2D nanomaterials are becoming more and more popular within academia for applications in separation technology and recently we have seen them begin to transition from the lab into industry. Our company, Molymem Limited, is a University of Manchester spin-out which is commercialising our patented technology based on the 2D nanomaterial molybdenum disulphide (MoS₂). This material is used to form a coating consisting of a laminar structure of these 2D layers on top of porous supporting layers, and allows for an improvement in performance for efficient ionic rejection and nanofiltration applications in the water treatment industry. We can control the rejection and flux through chemical functionalisation of this coating, allowing for a high degree of tunability. In this talk, I will give a technical background of our technology, and put it in context of the progress in the wider academic field on the use of 2D materials for filtration, as well as discuss future directions we may see these 2D materials get adopted in the near future.

ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 11, 11082–11090; 2D Mater., 2020, 7, 015030; Patent US (10913035)

Figure 1: Schematic of the Molymem Technology