Positively charged nanofiltration (NF) membranes via UV grafting on sulfonated polyphenylenesulfone (sPPSU) for effective removal of textile dyes from wastewater

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-60

  Zhong, Pei Shan ^a   Widjojo, Natalia ^b   Chung, Tai Shung ^a   Weber, Martin ^c   Maletzko, Christian ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b A GMM/F   (Singapore)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dye removal; Nanofiltration; Positively charged NF membrane; UV initiated grafting

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLING FACTORS; DYE REMOVAL; HYDROPHILIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; NF MEMBRANES; PORE DIAMETERS; POSITIVE SURFACE CHARGE; POSITIVELY CHARGED; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; SALT REJECTIONS; SELECTIVE LAYERS; TEXTILE DYES; UV-INDUCED GRAFTING;

DYES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); NANOFILTRATION; POLYETHYLENES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER FILTRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

DYE; ELECTROLYTE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MONOMER; POLYPHENYLENESULFONE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFONATION; TEXTILE; THICKNESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84864810501     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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