Micropollutant sorption to membrane polymers: A review of mechanisms for estrogens

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 100-117

  Schäfer, Andrea I ^a   Akanyeti, Ime ^a   Semião, Andrea J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonding; Membrane polymer; Micropollutant; Nanofiltration; Sorption; Supramolecular interactions

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; DERIVATIVES; HYDROGEN BONDS; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; NATURAL POLYMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; PORE SIZE; SORPTION; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DIPOLE DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; POLYMER CHARACTERISTICS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; SUPRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; SURFACE CHARACTERISATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 79953750390     PISSN: 00018686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2010.09.006     Document Type: Review

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