ch. 1. Membranes in nuclear science and technology : membrane modification as a tool for performance improvement / Grazyna Zakrzewska-Trznadel and Mohamed Khayet -- ch. 2. Use of impedance spectroscopy for characterization of modified membranes / Juana Benavente -- ch. 3. Reduction of membrane fouling by polymer surface modification / Victor Kochkodan -- ch. 4. Modifications of polymeric membranes by incorporating metal/metal oxide nanoparticles / Law Yong Ng, Abdul Wahab Mohammad, and Nidal Hilal -- ch. 5. Development of antifouling properties and performance of nanofiltration membranes by interfacial polymerization and photografting techniques / Mazrul N. Abu Seman, Mohamed Khayet, and Nidal Hilal -- ch. 6. Integrating hydrophobic surface-modifying macromolecules in hydrophilic polymers to produce membranes for membrane distillation / Mohammed Qtaishat, Mohamed Khayet, and Takeshi Matsuura -- ch. 7. Plasma modification of polymer membranes / Marek Bryjak and Irena Gancarz -- ch. 8. Surface modification of electrospun nanofiber and nanofibrous membranes / Carmen Garca̕-Payo and Mohamed Khayet -- ch. 9. Development of membranes for pervaporation by membrane surface modification and incorporation of inorganic particles / Kailash Chandra Khulbe, Chaoyang Y. Feng, and Takeshi Matsurra -- ch. 10. Tailor-made polymeric membranes for advanced crystallization of biomolecules / Efrem Curcio, Enrica Fontananova, and Gianluca Di Profio -- ch. 11. Chemical cross-linking modifications of polymeric membranes for gas separation applications / Ahmad Fauzi Ismail and Farhana Aziz -- ch. 12. Development of fuel cell polymer electrolyte membranes by radiation-induced grafting with electron-beam irradiation / Mohamed Mahmoud Nasef -- ch. 13. Modification of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) for DMFC application / Ahmad Fauzi Ismail ... [et al.] -- ch. 14. Nanofiltration membrane in textile effluent treatment / Ahmad Fauzi Ismail and Woei Jye Lau -- ch. 15. Future prospects / Nidal Hilal, Mohamed Khayet, and Chris J. Wright.