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| Referred
  Publications (click the paper title to link to the publisher’s
  website.) 1.    
  Kang, Y., Emdadi,
  L., Lee, M.J., Liu, D., and Mi, B. (2014).
  "Layer-by-layer
  assembly of zeolite/polyelectrolyte nanocomposite membranes with high zeolite
  loading." Environmental
  Science & Technology Letters, in press. 2.    
  Xiang, Y., Liu, Y., Mi, B., and Leng,
  Y. (2014). "Molecular
  dynamics simulations of polyamide membrane, calcium alginate gel, and their interactions
  in aqueous solution." Langmuir,
  30(30), 9098-9106. 3.    
  Hu, M., and Mi, B. (2014). "Layer-by-layer
  assembly of graphene oxide membranes via electrostatic interaction." Journal of Membrane Science, 469, pp.
  80–87. 4.    
  Mi,
  B. (2014). "Graphene
  oxide membranes for ionic and molecular sieving." Science, 343(6172), pp. 740–742. (This
  is a free downloadable full paper, courtesy of the Science Magazine.) 5.    
  Gao,
  Y., Hu, M., and Mi, B. (2014).
  "Membrane
  surface modification with TiO2-Graphene Oxide for enhanced
  photocatalytic performance." Journal of Membrane Science, 455, pp. 349–356. 6.    
  Liu, Y., and Mi, B. (2014). "Effects of
  organic macromolecular conditioning on gypsum scaling of forward osmosis
  membranes." Journal of
  Membrane Science, 450, pp. 153–161. 7.    
  Yu, H.-Y., Kang, Y. Liu, Y., and Mi, B. (2014). "Grafting polyzwitterions
  onto polyamide by click chemistry and nucleophilic substitution on nitrogen:
  A novel approach to enhance membrane fouling resistance." Journal of Membrane Science, 449(1),
  pp. 50–57. 8.    
  Yang, Q., and Mi, B. (2013). "Nanomaterials
  for membrane fouling control: Accomplishments and challenges."
  Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease,
  20(6), pp. 536–555. 9.    
  Xiang, Y., Liu, Y., Mi, B., and Leng,
  Y. (2013). "Hydrated
  polyamide membrane and its interaction with alginate: A molecular dynamics
  study." Langmuir,
  29(37), pp 11600–11608. 10. 
  Wang, H., Zaghloul,
  M., Mi, B., Leng,
  Y., and Silver, J. (2013). "Development
  and evaluation of nanotechnology courses at The George Washington University."
  Journal of Nano Education, 5(1), pp. 79-84. 11. 
  Hu, M., and Mi, B. (2013). "Enabling graphene oxide nanosheets
  as water separation membranes." Environmental Science
  & Technology, 47(8), pp. 3715–3723. 12. 
  Liu, Y., Rosenfield,
  E., Hu, M., and Mi, B. (2013).
  "Direct
  observation of bacterial deposition on and detachment from nanocomposite
  membranes embedded with silver nanoparticles." Water Research, 47(9), pp. 2949–2958. 13. 
  Coronell,
  O., Mi, B., Mariñas,
  B.J., and Cahill, D.G. (2013). "Modeling the effect of charge
  density in the active layers of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes
  on the rejection of arsenic(III) and potassium Iodide," Environmental
  Science & Technology, 47 (1), pp. 420–428. 14. 
  Mi, B.,
  Elimelech, M. (2012). "Silica
  scaling and scaling reversibility in forward osmosis." Desalination, 312(1), pp. 75–81. 15. 
  Liu, Y., Mi, B. (2012). "Combined
  fouling of forward osmosis membranes: synergistic foulant
  interaction and direct observation of fouling layer formation."
  Journal of Membrane Science,
  407–408, pp. 136–144. 16. 
  Mi, B.,
  Elimelech M. (2010). "Gypsum scaling and cleaning in
  forward osmosis: measurement and mechanisms." Environmental
  Science & Technology, 44, pp. 2022-2028. 17. 
  Mi, B.,
  Elimelech, M. (2010). "Organic
  fouling of forward osmosis membranes: fouling reversibility and cleaning
  without chemical reagents." Journal of Membrane Science,
  348, pp. 337-345. 18. 
  Mi, B.,
  Elimelech, M. (2008). "Chemical
  and physical aspects of organic fouling of forward osmosis membranes."
  Journal of Membrane Science, 320, pp. 292-302. 19. 
  Mi,
  B., Cahill, D., Mariñas,
  B.J. (2007). "Physicochemical
  integrity of nanofiltration/reverse osmosis membranes during characterization
  by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry." Journal of Membrane Science, 291, pp.
  77-85.  20. 
  Mi, B.,
  Mariñas, B.J., Cahill, D. (2007). "RBS characterization of arsenic
  (III) partitioning from aqueous phase into the active layers of thin-film
  composite NF/RO membranes." Environmental Science and
  Technology, 41, pp. 3290-3295. 22. Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J., Curl, J., Sethi, S., Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D. (2005). "Microbial passage through low pressure membrane elements with various levels of compromised integrity." Environmental Science and Technology, 39(11), pp. 4270-4279. 23. 
  Mi, B., Eaton,
  C.L., Kim, J.-H., Colvin, C.K., Lozier, J.C., Mariñas, B.J. (2004). "Removal of
  biological and non-biological viral surrogates by spiral-wound reverse
  osmosis membrane elements with intact and compromised integrity."
  Water Research, 38(18), pp. 3821-3832. 25. 
  Kitis, M., Lozier,
  J.C., Kim, J.-H., Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J. (2003). “Evaluation
  of biologic and non-biologic methods for assessing virus removal by and
  integrity of high pressure membrane systems.” Water Science and Technology: Water
  Supply, 3(5), pp. 81–92. 26. Crozes, G.F., Sethi, S., Mi, B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2002). "Improving membrane integrity monitoring indirect methods to reduce plant downtime and increase microbial removal credit." Desalination, 149, pp. 493-498. Conference Publications (not updated
  frequently) 1.    
  Kang, Y., Mi, B. (2013).
  "Incorporation of graphene oxide into the polysulfone matrix to enhance
  the performance of ultrafiltration membranes." 246th American Chemical Society National Conference,
  Indianapolis, IN, September 8-12. 2.    
  Hu, M., Mi, B. (2013). "Highly
  tunable graphene-oxide nanocomposite membranes." 246th American Chemical Society National Conference,
  Indianapolis, IN, September 8-12. 3.    
  Mi, B., Yu, H.-Y. (2013).
  "Grafting polyzwitterions to polyamide membranes for improved
  antifouling performance." 246th
  American Chemical Society National Conference, Indianapolis, IN,
  September 8-12. 4.    
  Mi, B., Hu, M. (2013).
  "Graphene oxide membranes for water purification." Association of Environmental Engineering
  and Science Professors Meeting 50th Anniversary Conference, Golden, CO,
  July 14-16. 5.    
  Liu, Y., Emdadi,
  L., Liu, D., Mi, B. (2013). "Grafting zeolite nanoparticles onto
  polyamide membranes for enhanced antifouling performance in forward osmosis
  membrane processes." 2013 North
  American Membrane Society Annual Meeting, Boise, ID, June 8-12 6.    
  Hu, M., Mi, B. (2013).
  "Layer-by-layer assembly of cross-linked graphene oxide membranes."
  2013 North American Membrane Society
  Annual Meeting, Boise, ID, June 8-12. 7.     Rosenfield,
  E., Liu, Y., Mi, B. (2010). "Anti-biofouling nanocomposite MF/UF
  membranes: synthesis and mechanism elucidation." 20th North American
  Membrane Society Annual Conference, Washington, DC, July 17-22. 8.     Liu,
  Y., Mi, B. (2010). "Combined organic and inorganic fouling of forward
  osmosis membranes." 20th North American Membrane Society Annual
  Conference, Washington, DC, July 17-22 (Poster). 9.     Mi,
  B., Elimelech, M. (2009). "Gypsum scaling and cleaning mechanisms of
  forward osmosis membranes." 19th North American Membrane Society
  (NAMS) Annual Conference, Charleston, SC, June 21st –
  24th. 10.  Mi,
  B., Elimelech, M. (2007). "Mechanisms of
  organic fouling of forward osmosis (FO) membranes." 2007 Materials
  Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 26-30. 11.  Mi,
  B., Elimelech, M. (2007). "Organic fouling of
  forward osmosis membranes." 2007 North American Membrane Society
  Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, April 14-17. 12.  Minier-Matar,
  J., Mi, B., Coronell, O., Falkenberg,
  C.V., Georgiadis, J.G., Mariñas,
  B.J., (2007). "Concentration polarization disruption in high-pressure
  membranes." 233rd American Chemistry Society National Meeting,
  Chicago, IL, March 25-29. 13.  Mi,
  B., Coronell, O., Mariñas, B.J., Watanabe, F., Cahill, D. (2006).
  "Characterization of arsenic (III) partitioning at the NF/RO membrane
  active layer-aqueous interface by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry."
  2006 Material Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
  April 17-21. 14.  Suzuki,
  T., Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J. (2005). "Role of concentration polarization in
  the rejection of chemical contaminants and fouling of RO/NF membranes." American
  Water Works Association Water Quality Technology Conference, Quebec City,
  Canada, November 6-10. 15.  Coronell,
  O., Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J. (2005). "The role of concentration
  polarization in the rejection of viruses by nanofiltration membranes." American
  Water Works Association Water Quality Technology Conference, Quebec City,
  Canada, November 6-10. 16.  Mi,
  B., Griffin, D.R., Somers, M.L., Mariñas, B.J., Watanabe, F., Cahill, D.
  (2005). "Mechanism elucidation and modeling of solute passage through
  nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes." American Water Works
  Association Membrane Technology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, March 6-9. 17.  Mi,
  B., Mariñas, B.J. (2004). "Role of pore size distribution in the
  transport of water contaminants through nanofiltration membranes." American
  Water Works Association Water Quality Technology Conference, San Antonio,
  TX, November 14-18. 18.  Mi,
  B., Mariñas, B.J. (2003). "Role of membrane
  pore size distribution in the transport of solutes through NF
  membranes." American Water Works Association Water Quality Technology
  Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 15-19. 19.  Sethi, S.,
  Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D., Mi, B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2003).
  "Evaluation of MF/UF integrity monitoring methods from full-scale and
  microbial challenge testing." American Water Works Association Annual
  Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 15-19. 20.  Kitis, M.,
  Lozier, J.C., Kim, J.-H., Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J.
  (2003). "Microbial removal and integrity monitoring of high-pressure
  membranes." 3rd Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative
  Research in Eastern Mediterranean (EMCC-3), Chalkidiki,
  Greece, May 14-16. 21.  Mi,
  B., Rose, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2003).
  "Investigating the role of membrane pore size distribution in the
  passage of microorganisms and solutes through nanofiltration membranes."
  American Water Works Association Membrane Technology Conference,
  Atlanta, GA, March 2-5. 22.  Lozier,
  J.C., Kitis, M., Kim, J.-H., Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J. (2003). "Evaluation of biological and
  non-biological methods for assessing virus removal by and integrity of high
  pressure membrane systems." American Water Works Association Membrane
  Technology Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2-5. 23.  Sethi, S.,
  Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D., Mi, B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2003).
  "Results and assessment from full-scale testing of integrity monitoring
  methods for MF and UF processes." American Water Works Association
  Membrane Technology Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2-5. 24.  Mi,
  B., Mariñas, B.J. (2002). "Minimizing microbial contaminant passage
  through microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes." American
  Water Works Association Water Quality Technology Conference, Seattle, WA,
  November 10-14. 25.  Sethi, S.,
  Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D., Mi, B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2002).
  "Results from survey and initial full-scale testing of membrane
  integrity monitoring methods for microfiltration and ultrafiltration
  Processes." American Water Works Association Water Quality Technology
  Conference, Seattle, WA, November 10-14. 26.  Sethi, S.,
  Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D., Mi, B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2002).
  "MF/UF membrane integrity monitoring methods." American Membrane
  Technology Association Biennial Conference, Tampa, FL, August 6-9. 27.  Mi, B., Gu,
  P., Yang, Z.Y. (2000). "Application of hollow-fiber MF membrane reactors
  to micro-polluted water treatment." 21st Century International
  Symposium on Membrane Technology and Environmental Protection, Beijing,
  China, September 18-21. | 
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