Titania nanocomposite polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes fabricated using a low temperature hydrothermal coating process

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 98-113

  Razmjou, Amir ^a   Mansouri, Jaleh ^a,b   Chen, Vicki ^a   Lim, May ^a   Amal, Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dual level hierarchical roughness; Flux recovery; Fouling; Low temperature hydrothermal coating; Titania

Indexed keywords

CLEANING CYCLES; COATED SURFACE; COATING CYCLES; COATING PROCESS; DIP COATING; DUAL LEVEL HIERARCHICAL ROUGHNESS; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; FLUX RECOVERY; HOLDING TIME; HUMIC ACID; LOW TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL COATING; LOW TEMPERATURES; MESOPOROUS; NOVEL SURFACES; ORGANIC TEMPLATES; ORGANIC TEMPLATING; PLURONICS; POLYETHERSULFONE ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; PROTEIN ADSORPTION; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; TIO; TITANIA; TITANIA SOL-GEL; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; UV ILLUMINATIONS; UV TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ETHERS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYDROPHILICITY; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COATINGS;

HUMIC ACID; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLOXAMER; POLYETHERSULFONE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPPING; DISPERSION; DRYING; ENERGY DISPERSION; FOULING CONTROL; HEATING; HOLDING TIME; HYDROPHILICITY; ILLUMINATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL COATING PROCESS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WITHDRAWAL VELOCITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051468982     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.06.035     Document Type: Article

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