Effect of membrane chemistry and coating layer on physiochemical properties of thin film composite polyamide RO and NF membranes. I. FTIR and XPS characterization of polyamide and coating layer chemistry

Desalination

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 149-167

  Tang, Chuyang Y ^a,b   Kwon, Young Nam ^a   Leckie, James O ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coating; Membrane; Nanofiltration; Polyamide; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMIDES; AROMATIC MEMBRANES; BINDING ENERGY SHIFTS; CARBON ATOMS; COATING LAYERS; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER-TRANSFORM; FT-IR SPECTRUM; FTIR; HIGH WAVE NUMBERS; MEMBRANE CHEMISTRIES; MODIFYING AGENTS; NF MEMBRANES; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; TRIMESOYL CHLORIDES; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRUM; XPS; XPS CHARACTERIZATIONS; XPS SPECTRUM;

AMIDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; ATOMS; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POLYMERS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

COATING; FILTRATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 64649091264     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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