Despite the advantages of high contaminant removal, operational flexibility, and technical advancements offered, the undesirable fouling property of membranes limits their durability, thus posing restrictions on their usage. An enormous struggle is underway to conquer this major challenge. Most of the earlier reviews include the basic concepts of fouling and antifouling, with respect to particular separation processes such as ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis and membrane bioreactors, graphene-based membranes, zwitterionic membranes, and so on. As per our knowledge, the importance of nanofiber membranes in challenging the fouling process has not been included in any record to date. Nanofibers with the ability to be embedded in any medium with a high surface to volume ratio play a key role in mitigating the fouling of membranes, and it is important for these studies to be critically analyzed and reported. Our Review hence intends to focus on nanofiber membranes developed with enhanced antifouling and biofouling properties with a brief introduction on fabrication processes and surface and chemical modifications. A summary on surface modifications of preformed nanofibers is given along with different nanofiller combinations used and blend fabrication with efficacy in wastewater treatment and antifouling abilities. In addition, future prospects and advancements are discussed.

Centre for Nano and Material Sciences Jain University Jain Global Campus Kanakapura Bangalore 562112 Karnataka India

Department of Chemistry AMC Engineering College Bannerughatta Road Bengaluru 260083 Karnataka India

Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering The Sirindhorn International Thai German Graduate School of Engineering King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok Bangkok 10800 Thailand

Institute of Environmental and Chemical Engineering Faculty of Chemical Technology University of Pardubice Studentská 573 Pardubice 532 10 Czech Republic

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