Reverse osmosis desalination membrane formed from weak polyelectrolytes by spin assisted layer by layer technique

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 34, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 44-49

  Fadhillah, Farid ^a   Javaid Zaidi, S M ^a   Khan, Zafarullah ^a   Khaled, Mazen ^a   Hammond, Paula T ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Membranes; Nanofiltration; PAA PAH; Plasma; Polysulfone; Reverse Osmosis; Spin Assisted Layer by Layer

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054912938     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2856     Document Type: Article

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