Water diffusion through hydrogel membranes. A novel evaporation cell free of external mass-transfer resistance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 423-430

  Fornasiero, Francesco ^a   Tang, Darren ^a   Boushehri, Ali ^a   Prausnitz, John ^a,b   Radke, C J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation cell; Extended Maxwell Stefan theory; Soft contact lens; Water diffusion coefficient; Zero external mass transfer resistance

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; COLLOIDS; DIFFUSION; HEALTH; HYDROGELS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; VAPORS;

CELL-FREE; DRIVEN DIFFUSION; HYDROGEL MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; PURE WATER; WATER DIFFUSION;

WATER VAPOR;

POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; HYDROGEL; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 48549089912     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.04.032     Document Type: Article

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