A novel method to fabricate high permeance, high selectivity thin-film composite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 163-170

  Offeman, Richard D ^a   Ludvik, Charles N ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Mixed matrix membrane; Pervaporation; Support resistance; Thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BI-LAYER; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; HIGH POROSITY; HIGH SELECTIVITY; LOW POROSITY; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; MICROPOROUS SUPPORT; MIXED MATRIX; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; NOVEL METHODS; PDMS MEMBRANE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SUPPORT RESISTANCE; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; WATERSOLUBLE;

CURING; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; MEMBRANES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROPOROSITY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; PERVAPORATION; SILICONES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

ALCOHOL; DIMETICONE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PERVAPORATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 80051470062     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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