Capturing hormones and bisphenol A from water via sustained hydrogen bond driven sorption in polyamide microfiltration membranes

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-208

  Han, Jie ^a   Meng, Suwan ^a   Dong, Yue ^a   Hu, Jiangyong ^b   Gao, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bisphenol a; Hormone; Hydrogen bond; Polyamide membrane; Regeneration; Sorption

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; BINDING ENERGY; CELLULOSE; COMPLEXATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONES; HYDROGEN BONDS; MICROFILTRATION; PHENOLS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SORPTION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION;

BIS-PHENOL A; CROSS FLOW FILTRATION; ESTROGENIC ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; POLYAMIDE MEMBRANES; REGENERATED CELLULOSE; REGENERATION;

MEMBRANES;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HUMIC ACID; POLYAMIDE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYESTER; POLYETHERSULFONE; PYROXYLIN; WATER;

CHEMICAL BONDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FILTRATION; HORMONE; HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; SORPTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DESORPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FILTRATION; HORMONES; HYDROGEN BONDS; MEMBRANES; POLYETHERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; SORPTION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870056845     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.09.055     Document Type: Article

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