Development of antifouling properties and performance of nanofiltration membranes modified by interfacial polymerisation

Desalination

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-47

  Abu Seman, M N ^a,b   Khayet, M ^c   Hilal, Nidal ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

AFM; Humic acid; Interfacial polymerisation; Membranes; Polyethersulfone

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; AFM; AFM IMAGE; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BISPHENOL A; BISPHENOLS; CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION FORCES; FILM COMPOSITES; HUMIC ACID; INTERFACIAL POLYMERISATION; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MODEL SOLUTION; MODIFIED MEMBRANES; NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; PH VALUE; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; POLYETHERSULFONES; POLYMERISATION; TETRAMETHYL BISPHENOL A; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; TRIMESOYL CHLORIDE;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTROSTATICS; FOULING; HEXANE; MACROMOLECULES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PORE SIZE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PH; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 79953055604     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.09.038     Document Type: Article

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