Publications

2025

  1. Yang, F., Xiao, M., Lee, S., Renteria, J.A.Q., Wang, X., Cha, M., Dickinson-Cove, A, Kim, S., Ramon, Z., Sant, G.N., Hoek, E.M.V., Jassby, D. (2025) “Efficient caustic and hydrogen production using a pressurized flow-through cathode” Journal of Materials Chemistry A 13, 418-426 (pdf)

2024

  1. Blanc, N., Ramon, G.Z. (2024) "Radiation-driven thermoacoustic energy conversion in absorbing media" Applied Thermal Engineering 246, 122915. (pdf)
  2. Blanc, N., Laufer, M., Frankel, S., Ramon, G.Z. (2024) "High-fidelity numerical simulations of a standing-wave thermoacoustic" Applied Energy 360, 122817. (pdf)
  3. Boyko, A., Epstein, J.A., Ramon, G.Z. (2024) "Oil-infused feed spacers for biofouling inhibition" Desalination 573, 117210. (pdf)
  4. Yu, X., Segev-Mark N., Sangupta K., Jassby, D., Hoek, E.M.V., Ramon, G.Z. (2024) “Impact of surfactants on membrane fouling during separation of an oil-water emulsion, Journal of Membrane Science Letters 100072. (pdf)
  5. Ziemann, E., Coves, T., Oren, Y.S., Maman, N., Sharon-Gojman, R., Neklyudov, V., Freger, V., Ramon, G.Z., Bernstein, R.(2024) Pseudo-bottle-brush decorated thin-film composite desalination membranes with ultrahigh mineral scale resistance” Science Advances 10 (21), eadm7668 (pdf).
  6. Epstein, J.A., Ramon, G.Z. “In-situ measurement of the internal compaction of a soft material caused by permeation flow” (2024) Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 673, 883-892 (pdf).
  7. Bhattacharjee, S., Jassby, D., Ramon, G.Z. “The effect of an AC electric field on a colloidal particle near a permeable surface” (2024) Journal of Membrane Science 709, 123096 (pdf)
  8. Ben Zvi, A., Usman, Ramon, G.Z., Nunes, S., (2024) Alternative materials for interfacial polymerization: recent approaches for greener membranes” Green Chemistry 26, 6237-6260 (pdf)
  9. Ben Zvi, A., Ramon, G.Z. (2024) “Hydrodynamic instability triggered during thin-film formation by interfacial polymerization” Physics of Fluids 36(9) 092104. (pdf)
  10. Freger, S, Ramon, G.Z., (2024) “The solution-diffusion model: Rumors of my death have been exaggerated” Journal of Membrane Science Letters, 4(2) (pdf)
  11. Khoury, M., Mekler, T., Epshtein, M., Kreinin, Y., Korneyev, D., Abezgauz, L., Anagnostakou, V., Ramon, G.Z., Sznitman, J., Gounis, M., Korin, N. (2024) “Isolation and Focal Treatment of Brain Aneurysms using Interfacial Fluid Trapping”, Science Advances 10(40) (pdf)

2023

  1. Blanc, N., Yang, R., Ramon, G.Z., Luo E. (2023) "Thermoacoustic engines with near-critical working fluids" Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 231, 120845. (pdf)
  2. Yang F., Ma S., Khor C.M., Su Y., Barani Z., Xu Z., Boyko A., Iddya A., Segev-Mark N., Zheng X., Kargar F., Balandin A.A., Ramon, G.Z., De Rosa I., Hoek E., Jassby D. (2023) "One-step method for the fabrication of pure and metal-decorated densified CNT films for effective electromagnetic interference shielding". Carbon, Volume 214, 118370. (pdf)
  3. Blanc N., Ramon, G.Z. (2023) "Phase change-driven photoacoustic oscillations induced by periodic irradiation". Applied Physics Letters,  Volume 123 (7), 073902. (pdf)

2022

  1. Epstein, J.A., Ramon, G.Z. (2022) “Connecting the non-brownian dots” Langmuir 38 (35), 10729-10735. (pdf)
  2. Yang, R., Blanc, N., Vardi-Chouchana, A., Ouzana, N., Ramon, G.Z. (2022) "PC-TAS: A design environment for phase-change and classical thermoacoustic systems" SoftwareX 19, 101142. (pdf)
  3. Yang, R., Meir, A., Ramon, G.Z. (2022) "A standing-wave, phase-change thermoacoustic engine: Experiments and model projections" Energy 258, 124665. (pdf)
  4. Ben Zvi, A., Nulens, I., Vankelecom, I.F.J., Ramon, G.Z. (2022) “Re-thinking polyamide thin film formation: How does interfacial destabilization dictate film morphology?” Journal of Membrane Science 656, 120593 (pdf)
  5. Yang, R., Blanc, N., Ramon, G.Z. (2022) "Theoretical performance characteristics of a travelling-wave phase-change thermoacoustic heat pump" Energy Conversion and Management 254, 115202. (pdf)
  6. Patne, R., Ramon, G.Z., Agnon, Y., Oron, A. (2022) "Dynamics of a two-layer flow with an interfacial heat source/sink: viscosity stratification" Journal of Fluid Mechanics 934, A43 (pdf)
  7. Ritt, C.L., Stassin, T., Davenport, D.M., DuChanois, R.M., Nulens, I., Yang, Z., Ben-Zvi, A., Segev-Mark, N., Elimelech, M., Tang, C.Y., Ramon, G.Z., Vankelecom, I.F.J., Verbeke, R. (2022) "The Open Membrane Database: Synthesis–structure–performance relationships of reverse osmosis membranes” Journal of Membrane Science 641, 119927. (pdf)

2021

  1. Freger, V., Ramon, G.Z. (2021) “Polyamide Desalination Membranes: State of Understanding” Progress in Polymer Science 101451. (pdf)
  2. Epstein, J.A., Ramon, G.Z. (2021) “In-situ microrheology of a foulant layer at a membrane surface” Journal of Membrane Science 640, 119747. (pdf)
  3. Vardi-Chouchana, A., Ramon, G.Z. (2021) "Acoustically Driven Sorption Heat Pump" Physical Review Applied 16 (4), 044044. (pdf)
  4. Offner, A., Ramon, G.Z. (2021) “Acoustic instability in aerosols” (2021) Journal of Engineering Mathematics 129, 16. (pdf)
  5. Yang, R., Blanc, N., Ramon, G.Z. (2021) “Environmentally-sound: An acoustic-driven heat pump based on phase change” Energy conversion & Management 232, 113848. (pdf)
  6. Offner, A., Ramon, G.Z. “The interaction of a particle and a polymer brush coating a permeable surface” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 913, R3. (pdf)
  7. Jacobi, Y., Shenkar, N., Ward, J.E., Rosa, M., Ramon, G.Z., Shavit, U., Yahel, G. “Evasive microalgae: Size-independent capture of some phytoplankton cells by ascidians״ Limnology & Oceanography 6(4), 1009-1020. (pdf)
  8. Dana, A., Peng, G., Huppert, H., Stone, H.A., Ramon, G.Z. “Viscous Backflow from a Model Fracture Network: Influence of a Permeable Boundary” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 911, A42. (pdf)
  9. Itzhak,T., Segev-Mark, N., Simon, A., Abetz, V., Ramon, G.Z., Segal-Peretz, T., “Atomic layer deposition for gradient surface modification and controlled hydrophilization of ultrafiltration polymer membranes” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13, 15591-15600 (pdf)

2020

  1. Patne, R., Ramon, G.Z.(2020) “Stability of flows coupled by a deformable solid“ Journal of Fluid Mechanics 905, A36
  2. Yang, R., Christov, I.C., Griffiths, I.M., Ramon, G.Z. “Time-averaged transport in oscillatory squeeze flow of a viscoelastic fluid” Physical Review Fluids 5, 094501. (pdf)
  3. Brustin, T., Offner, A., Ramon, G.Z. (2020) “Effect of gas mixture on temperature and mass streaming in a phase-change thermoacoustic engine”, Applied Physics Letters 116(24), 243701. (pdf)
  4. Glavagno, M., Ramon, G.Z. “The hydrodynamic-colloidal interaction of a droplet and a permeable surface” Langmuir 36(11), 2858-2864. (pdf) 
  5. Rao, U., Iddy, A., Jung, B., Khor, C-M., Turchi, C., Cath, T., Hoek, E.M.V., Ramon, G.Z., Jassby, D. “Mineral Scale Prevention on Electrically Conducting Desalination Membranes using Induced Electrophoretic Mixing” Environmental Science & Technology 54(6), 3678-3690. (pdf)
  6. Yang, R., Meir, A., Ramon, G.Z. (2020) “Theoretical performance characteristics of a traveling-wave phase-change thermoacoustic engine for low-grade heat recovery” Applied Energy 261, 114377. (pdf)
  7. Nunes , S.P., Culfaz-Emecen, P.Z. , Ramon, G.Z., Visser, T., Koops, G.H., Jin, W., Ulbricht, M. (2020) “Thinking the future of membranes: Perspectives for advanced and new membrane materials and manufacturing processes” Journal of Membrane Science 598, 117761. (pdf)

2019

  1. Ahn, V., Segev-Mark, N., Ramon, G.Z., Qian, X., Wickramasinghe S.R (2019) “Oil deposition on polymer-brush coated nanofiltration membranes” Membranes 9, 168. (pdf)
  2. Segev-Mark, N., Ahn, V., Chen, N., Qian, X., Wickramasinghe S.R., Ramon, G.Z. (2019) “Colloidal deposition onto polymer-brush coated nanofiltration membranes” Separation and purification technology 219, 208-215. (pdf)
  3. Offner, A., Felman, D., Elkayam, N., Agnon, Y., Ramon, G.Z. (2019)“Acoustic oscillations driven by boundary mass exchange” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 866, 316-349. (pdf)
  4. Dana, A., Peng, G., Stone, H.A., Huppert, H.E., Ramon, G.Z. (2019) “Backflow from a model fracture network: an asymptotic investigation” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 864, 899-924. (pdf)
  5. Dana, A., Hadas, S., Ramon, G.Z., “Osmotic backwashing of nanofiltration membranes: Modeling and experiments” Desalination 468, 114029. (pdf)
  6. Mondal, S., Griffiths, I.M., Ramon, G.Z.(2019)“Structure-performance models for membrane transport: a unified perspective”, Journal of Membrane Science 588, 117166. (pdf)
  7. Blayer, Y., Elkayam, N., Ramon, G.Z.(2019) “Phase-dependence of sorption-driven streaming in an acoustic field” Applied Physics letters 115, 033703. (pdf)

2018

  1. Atlas, I., Ramon, G.Z. (2018) “Periodic energy conversion in an electric-double-layer capacitor” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 530, 675-685. (pdf)
  2. Ukrainsky, B., Ramon, G.Z. (2018) "Temperature measurement of the reaction zone during polyamid film formation by interfacial polymerization" Journal of Membrane Science 566, 329-335. (pdf)
  3. Meir, A., Ofner, A., Ramon, G.Z. (2018) "Low-temperature energy conversion using a phase-change acoustic heat engine" Applied Energy 231, 372-379. (pdf)
  4. Dana, A., Zheng, Z., Peng, G., Stone, H.A., Huppert, H.E., Ramon, G.Z. (2018) “Dynamics of viscous backflow from a model fracture network” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 836, 828-849. (pdf)
  5. Zhu, X., Dudchenko, A., Khor, C.M., Ramon, G.Z., Jassby, D., (2018) “Field-Induced Redistribution of Surfactants at the Oil/Water Interface Reduces Membrane Fouling on Electrically Conducting Carbon Nanotube UF Membranes" Environmental Science and Technology 52,11591-11600. (pdf)
  6. Ramon, G.Z. (2018) “Solute transport under oscillating electro-osmotic flow in a closed-ended cylindrical pore” Journal of Engineering Mathematics 110(1), 195-205. (pdf)

2017

  1. Fux, G., Ramon, G.Z. (2017) “micro-scale dynamics of membrane fouling by oil droplets” Environmental Science and Technology 51(23), 13842-13849. (pdf)
  2. Weltsch, O., Offner, A., Liberzon, D., Ramon, G.Z. (2017) "Adsorption-mediated mass streaming in a standing acoustic wave" Physical Review Letters 118, 244301. (pdf)
  3. Manickam, S.S., Ramon, G.Z., McCutcheon, J. (2017) “Modelling the effect of film-pore coupled transport on composite forward osmosis membrane performance” Journal of Membrane Science 523, 533-54. (pdf)
  4. Yachnin, E., Ramon, G.Z. (2017) “Direct microscopic observation of macromolecular deposition on a nanofiltration membrane” Separation Science and Technology 52:2, 258-265. (pdf)

2016

  1. Lai, C.Y., Zheng, Z., Dressaire, E., Ramon, G.Z., Huppert, H.E., Stone, H.A., (2016) “Elastic relaxation of fluid-driven cracks and the resulting backflow” Physical Review Letters 117, 268001. (pdf)
  2. Offner, A., Ramon, G.Z. (2016) "Modelling of micro-scale thermoacoustics" Applied Physics Letters 108, 183902. (pdf)
  3. Wong, M.C.Y., Lin, L., Coronell, O., Hoek, E.M.V., Ramon, G.Z. (2016) "Impact of liquid-filled voids within the active layer on transport through thin-film composite membranes" Journal of Membrane Science 500, 124-135. (pdf)
  4. Lin, L., Lopez, R., Ramon, G.Z., Coronell, O. (2016) "Investigating the void and nodular structure of the polyamide active layers of thin-film composite membranes" Journal of Membrane Science 497, 365-376. (pdf)

2015

  1. Bruna, M., Chapman, J., Ramon, G.Z. (2015) “The effective flux through a thin-film composite membrane” EuroPhysics Letters 110, 40005. (pdf)
  2. Feinberg, B.J., Ramon, G.Z., Hoek, E.M.V. (2015) "Scale-up characteristics of membrane-based salinity-gradient power production" Journal of Membrane Science 476, 311-320. (pdf)
  3. Ronen, A., Lerman, S, Ramon, G.Z., Dosoretz, C.G. (2015) "Experimental characterization and numerical simulation of the anti-biofuling activity of nanosilver-modified feed spacers in membrane filtration" Journal of Membrane Science 475, 320-329. (pdf)

Before 2014

  1. Ramon, G.Z., Huppert, H.E., Lister, J.R., Stone, H.A. (2013) “On the hydrodynamic interaction between a particle and a permeable surface” Physics of Fluids 25, 073103. (pdf)
  2. Ramon, G.Z., Naaman, Y, Dosoretz, C.G. (2013) “Engineered osmosis for the pre-concentration of sugar-derived biofuels” RSC Advances 3, 11467. (pdf)
  3. Ramon, G.Z., Nguyen, T.-V., Hoek, E.M.V. (2013) "Osmosis-assisted cleaning of organic-fouled seawater RO membranes" Chemical Engineering Journal 218,173-182. (pdf)
  4. Guillen, G.R., Ramon, G.Z., Kavehpour, H.P., Kaner, R.B., Hoek, E.M.V. (2013) "Direct microscopic observation of membrane formation by nonsolvent-induced phase separation" Journal of Membrane Science 431, 212-220. (pdf)
  5. Feinberg, B.J., Ramon, G.Z., Hoek, E.M.V. (2013) "A thermodynamic analysis of osmotic energy recovery at a Reverse Osmosis desalination plant" Environmenatal Science & Technology 47(6), 2982-2989. (pdf)
  6. Ramon, G.Z., Hoek, E.M.V. (2013) "Transport through composite membranes, part 2: Impacts of roughness on permeability and fouling". Journal of Membrane Science 425-426, 141–148. (pdf)
  7. Ramon, G.Z., Wong, M.C.Y., Hoek, E.M.V. (2012) "Transport through composite membranes. part 1: Is there an optimal support membrane?" Journal of Membrane Science 415-416, 298-305. (pdf)
  8. Wong, M.C.Y., Martinez, K., Ramon, G.Z., Hoek, E.M.V. (2012) "Impacts of operating conditions and solution chemistry on osmotic membrane structure and performance" Desalination 287, 340–349. (pdf)
  9. Ramon, G.Z., Hoek, E.M.V. (2012) "On the enhanced drag force induced by permeation through a filtration membrane". Journal of Membrane Science 392-393, 1–8. (pdf)
  10. Ramon, G.Z., Feinberg, B.J., Hoek, E.M.V. (2011) "Membrane-based production of salinity-gradient power". Energy & Environmental Science 4(11), 4423. (pdf)
  11. Ramon, G., Agnon, Y., Dosoretz, C. (2011) "Solute dispersion in oscillating electro-osmotic flow with boundary mass exchange" Microfluidics Nanofluidics 10(1), 97–106. (pdf)
  12. Ramon, G., Agnon, Y., Dosoretz, C. (2010) "Dynamics of an osmotic backwash cycle". Journal of Membrane Science, 364(1-2), 157–166. (pdf)
  13. Ramon, G., Agnon, Y., Dosoretz, C. (2009) "Heat transfer in vacuum membrane distillation: Effect of velocity slip" Journal of Membrane Science 331(1-2), 117–125. (pdf)
  14. Ramon, G., Oron, A. (2008) "Capillary rise of a meniscus with phase change" Journal of colloid and interface science 327(1), 145–51. (pdf)
  15. Ramon, G., Green, M., Semiat, R., Dosoretz, C. (2004) "Low strength graywater characterization and treatment by direct membrane filtration" Desalination 170(3), 241–250. (pdf)

Patents

Agnon, Y., Ramon, G., Dosoretz, C. (2017) ”System and method for energy conversion through phase-exchange processes” US Patent 9,562,522