Preparation and characterization of polysulfone/β-cyclodextrin polyurethane composite nanofiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 405-406, Issue , 2012, Pages 291-299

  Adams, Feyisayo V ^a   Nxumalo, Edward N ^a   Krause, Rui W M ^a   Hoek, Eric M V ^b,c   Mamba, Bhekie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA NANOSYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Hydrophilicity; Morphology; Nanofiltration; Porosity; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DEAD-END FILTRATION; HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; MECHANICALLY STABLE; MIXED MATRIX; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; PHASE INVERSION TECHNIQUES; POLYURETHANE COMPOSITES; SELECTIVE REMOVAL; WATER FLUX; WATER PERMEABILITY;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHILICITY; MICROFILTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; POLYURETHANES; POROSITY; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER FILTRATION;

BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CADMIUM; POLYSULFONE; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84859444324     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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