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  1. Palys, M., Malmali, M., Reese, M., Daoutidis, P., Ammonia for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture, De Gruyter Publication (2025) – 9783110762471 – in press.
  2. Mahbub, H.; Rocha, L.; Lopez, A.; Matinpour, H.; Malmali, M. Reverse osmosis for desalination of partially desalinated produced water to meet the regulatory standards, Journal of Membrane Science, 2025, 124669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2025.124669124669
  3. Onuoha, C.E.; Straub, B.C.; Nivarty, T.; Malmali, M.; Dauenhauer, P.; McCormick, A.V. Enhancing Green Ammonia Capture and Storage: Structure and Composition of Thermally Conductive MgCl2–Al Absorbents for Reproducible Cyclic Performance,ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2025, 8, 7, 4103–4112. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.4c02736
  4. Nivarty, T.; Straub, B.C.; Manno, M.; Onuoha, C.E.; Schott, J.H., Malmali, M.; McCormick, A.V.,Advancing Sustainable Ammonia Production via Solventless, Robust, and Thermally Conductive Absorbents, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2025, 13, 13, 4955–4962. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c08837
  5. Mahtab, T., Malmali, M., Insights into structure-composition-capacity relationship of ultrastable metal halide absorbents for ammonia separation and storage, Eng. J., 2025, 507, 160105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.160105
  6. Mahbub, H.; Nowrin, F.H.; Saed, M.; Malmali, M. Radiofrequency responsive membranes for desalination purpose, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025, 13 (3), 1950-1963. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA05611F.
  7. Zhai, J.; Balogun, A;Bhattacharjee; Vogler, R.J.; Khare, R.; Malmali, M; Deonarine, A; Shen, Y., Nanofiltration as pretreatment for lithium recovery from salt lake brine, J Membr. Sci., 2024, 70, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2024.123150.
  8. Andres-Martinez, O.; Malmali, M.; Zhang, Q.; Daoutidis, P., Optimal design of an absorbent-enhanced ammonia synthesis process for solar thermochemical energy storage, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 25, 9446–9460. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c02464
  9. Onuoha, C.E, Kale, M., Malmali, M., Dauenhauer, P., McCormick, A., Improving Absorbent-Enhanced Ammonia Separation For Efficient Small Scale Ammonia Synthesis, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2024, 63, 13, 5608-5617. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c04351
  10. Hsieh, I.-M.; Malmali, M., Scaling behavior in membrane distillation: Effect of Biopolymers and Antiscalants, Water Research, 2024, 225, 121456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121456
  11. Nowrin, F.; Malmali, M., Unraveling the deactivation mechanism of Co-LiH composite catalyst for ammonia synthesis at milder conditions, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2024, 677, 119677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119677
  12. Hsieh, I.-M.; Lin, B.; Matinpour, H.; Malmali, M. In-situ imaging to elucidate on scaling and wetting in membrane distillation, Desalination, 2024, 577, 117393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.117393
  13. Thakur, A. K.; Sengodo, P.; Jadhav, A.; Malmali, M., Manganese Carbonate/Laser-Induced Graphene Composite for Glucose Sensing, ACS Omega, 2024, 9,7, 7869-7880. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c07642
  14. Hsieh, I.-M.; Lin, B.; Mahbub, H.; Carter, Z.; Jebur, M.; Cao, Y.; M.; Brownlow, J.; Wickramasinghe, S. R.; Malmali, M. Field demonstration of intensified membrane distillation for treating oilfield produced waters from unconventional wells, Desalination, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.116771
  15. Lin, B.; Matinpour, H.; Malmali, M. Evaluation of spacer-induced hydrodynamic mixing using particle image velocimetry: Impact on membrane distillation performance, Desalination, 2023, 116758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.116758
  16. Lin, B.; Nowrin, F.; Rosenthal, J.; Malmali, M. Perspective on Intensification of Haber− Bosch to Enable Ammonia Production under Milder Conditions, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11 (27) 9880-9899 –Highlighted on Journal’s cover page. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06711
  17. Jebur, M.; Cao, Y.; Malmali, M.; Qian, X.; Wickramasinghe, S. R., Treating hydraulic fracturing produced water by electrocoagulation. Sci. Technol. 2023, 58 (6), 111-1120. https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2023.2179492
  18. Islam, M. R.; Lin, B.; Yue, Y.; Chen, C.-C.; Malmali, M. Comparative energetics of various membrane distillation configurations and guidelines for design and operation, 2023, 13 (3) 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13030273.
  19. Hsieh, I. M.; Malmali, M. Combined Chlorine Dioxide – Membrane Distillation for the Treatment of Produced Water. Desalination, 2023, 551, 116396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.116396.
  20. Mahbub, H.; Saed, M.; Malmali, M. Pattern-Dependent Radio-Frequency Heating of Laser-Induced Graphene Flexible Heaters. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15 (14), 18074-18086. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c00569
  21. Cao, Y.; Malmali, M.; Qian, X.; Wickramasinghe, S.R., Continuous electrocoagulation -membrane distillation unit for treating hydraulic fracturing produced water, Water Process. Eng. 2022, 50, 103219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103219
  22. Thakur, A. K.; Mahbub, H.; Nowrin, F. H.; Malmali, M. Highly Robust Laser-Induced Graphene (LIG) Ultrafiltration Membrane with Stable Microporous Structure, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces2022, 14, 41, 46884–46895. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c09563
  23. Lin, B.; Malmali, M. Energy and Exergy Analysis of Multi-Stage Vacuum Membrane Distillation Integrated with Mechanical Vapor Compression. Purif. Tech., 2022, 306, 122568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122568
  24. Nowrin, F. H.; Malmali, M. Optimizing Reaction-Absorption Process for Lower Pressure Ammonia Production. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.2022, 10, 37, 12319–12328. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03554
  25. Rosenthal, J.; Hsieh, I. M.; Malmali, M. ZSM-5/Thermoplastic Polyurethane Mixed Matrix Membranes for Pervaporation of Binary and Ternary Mixtures of n-Butanol, Ethanol, and Water. Eng. Chem. Res.2022, 61, 34, 12764–12775. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01794
  26. Thakur, A. K.; Malmali, M. Advances in Polymeric Cation Exchange Membranes for Electrodialysis: An Overview. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2022, 10 (5), 108295. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.108295
  27. Alborzi, A.; Hsieh, I.-M.; Reible, D.; Malmali, M. Analysis of Fouling Mechanism in Ultrafiltration of Produced Water. Water Process Eng. 2022, 49, 102978. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.102978
  28. de Rezende, A.; Malmali, M.; Dral, P. O.; Lischka, H.; Tunega, D.; Aquino, A. J. A. Machine Learning for Designing Mixed Metal Halides for Efficient Ammonia Separation and Storage. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126 (29), 12184–12196. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c02586
  29. Thakur, A. K.; Lin, B.; Nowrin, F. H.; Malmali, M. Comparing Structure and Sorption Characteristics of Laser-Induced Graphene (LIG) from Various Polymeric Substrates. ACS Environ. Sci. Technol. Water 2022, 2 (1), 75–87. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.1c00259
  30. Hrtus, D. J.; Nowrin, F. H.; Lomas, A.; Fotsa, Y.; Malmali, M. Achieving +95% Ammonia Purity by Optimizing the Absorption and Desorption Conditions of Supported Metal Halides. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05668.
  31. Islam, M. R.; Hsieh, I.-M.; Lin, B.; Thakur, A. K.; Chen, C.-C.; Malmali, M. Molecular Thermodynamics for Scaling Prediction: Case of Membrane Distillation. Purif. Technol. 2021, 276, 119231. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119231
  32. Jebur, M.; Chiao, Y. H.; Thomas, K.; Patra, T.; Cao, Y.; Lee, K.; Gleason, N.; Qian, X.; Hu, Y.; Malmali, M.; Wickramasinghe, S. R. Combined Electrocoagulation-Microfiltration-Membrane Distillation for Treatment of Hydraulic Fracturing Produced Water. Desalination 2021, 500 (May 2020), 114886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114886
  33. Lin, B.; Hsieh, I.-M.; Malmali, M. Rapid Pressure Swing Adsorption for Small Scale Ammonia Separation: A Proof-of-Concept. Adv. Manuf. Process. 2021, n/a (n/a), e10077. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/amp2.10077.
  34. Thakur, A. K.; Hsieh, I. M.; Islam, M. R.; Lin, B.; Chen, C. C.; Malmali, M. Performance of Sweeping Gas Membrane Distillation for Treating Produced Water: Modeling and Experiments. Desalination 2020, 492 (April), 114597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114597.
  35. Lin, B.; Wiesner, T.; Malmali, M. Performance of a Small-Scale Haber Process: A Techno-Economic Analysis. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2020, 8 (41), 15517–15531. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c04313.
  36. Ojha, D. K.; Kale, M. J.; McCormick, A. V; Reese, M.; Malmali, M.; Dauenhauer, P.; Cussler, E. L. Integrated Ammonia Synthesis and Separation. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2019, 7 (23), 18785–18792. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b03050.
  37. Smith, C.; Malmali, M.; Liu, C.; Mccormick, A. V. Rates of Ammonia Absorption and Release in Calcium Chloride, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.2018, 6, 9, 11827–11835. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02108
  38. Malmali, M.; Askegaard, J.; Sardari, K.; Eswaranandam, S.; Sengupta, A.; Wickramasinghe, S. R. Evaluation of Ultrafiltration Membranes for Treating Poultry Processing Wastewater. Water Process Eng. 2018, 22 (November 2017), 218–226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2018.02.010.
  39. Malmali, M.; Le, G.; Hendrickson, J.; Prince, J.; McCormick, A. V; Cussler, E. L. Better Absorbents for Ammonia Separation. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2018, 6 (5), 6536–6546. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b04684.
  40. Malmali, M.; Reese, M.; McCormick, A. V.; Cussler, E. L. Converting Wind Energy to Ammonia at Lower Pressure. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2018, 6 (1). https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03159.
  41. Cussler, E.; McCormick, A.; Reese, M.; Malmali, M. Ammonia Synthesis at Low Pressure. Vis. Exp. 2017, No. 126, 55691. https://doi.org/10.3791/55691.
  42. Wagner, K.; Malmali, M.; Smith, C.; McCormick, A.; Cussler, E. L.; Zhu, M.; Seaton, N. C. A. Column Absorption for Reproducible Cyclic Separation in Small Scale Ammonia Synthesis. AIChE J. 2017, 63 (7), 3058–3068. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.15685.
  43. Malmali, M.; Fyfe, P.; Lincicome, D.; Sardari, K.; Wickramasinghe, S. R. Selecting Membranes for Treating Hydraulic Fracturing Produced Waters by Membrane Distillation. Sci. Technol. 2017, 52 (2), 266–275. https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2016.1244550
  44. Malmali, M.; Wei, Y.; McCormick, A.; Cussler, E. L. Ammonia Synthesis at Reduced Pressure via Reactive Separation. Eng. Chem. Res. 2016, 55 (33), 8922–8932. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.6b01880
  45. Malmali, M.; Wagner, K.; Reese, M.; Cussler, E. L.; McCormick, A. V. Undergraduate Design Project Ideas in Sustainability: Rethinking Ammonia Synthesis. In ASEE’s 123rd Annual Conference and Ecposition; New Orleans, LA, 2016.
  46. Malmali, M.; Wickramasinghe, S. R.; Tang, J.; Cong, H. Sugar Fractionation Using Surface-Modified Nanofiltration Membranes. Purif. Technol. 2016, 166, 187–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2016.04.025
  47. Reese, M.; Marquart, C.; Malmali, M.; Wagner, K.; Buchanan, E.; McCormick, A.; Cussler, E. L. Performance of a Small-Scale Haber Process. Eng. Chem. Res. 2016, 55 (13), 3742–3750. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b04909
  48. Qian, X.; Malmali, M.; Wickramasinghe, S. R. 9 – Membranes for the Removal of Fermentation Inhibitors from Biofuel Production; Figoli, A., Cassano, A., Basile, A. B. T.-M. T. for B., Eds.; Woodhead Publishing, 2016; pp 219–240. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100451-7.00009-8
  49. Malmali, M.; Wickramasinghe, S. R. Continuous Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass via Integrated Membrane Processes. Integrated Membrane Systems and Processes. January 4, 2016, pp 61–78. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118739167.ch4
  50. Malmali, M.; Stickel, J.; Wickramasinghe, S. R. Investigation of a Submerged Membrane Reactor for Continuous Biomass Hydrolysis. Food Bioprod. Process. 2015, 96, 189–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2015.07.001
  51. Malmali, M.; Stickel, J. J.; Wickramasinghe, S. R. Sugar Concentration and Detoxification of Clarified Biomass Hydrolysate by Nanofiltration. Purif. Technol. 2014, 132, 655–665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2014.06.014

 

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