Preparation and performance evaluation of poly (amide-imide) and TiO2 nanoparticles impregnated polysulfone nanofiltration membranes in the removal of humic substances

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 418, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-104

  Rajesh, S ^a,d   Senthilkumar, S ^a   Jayalakshmi, A ^a   Nirmala, M T ^a,b   Ismail, A F ^c   Mohan, D ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Contact angle; Humic acid; Nanofiltration; Poly (amide imide)

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAGULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; ETHERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE ENERGY; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

1 ,4-DIOXANE; AFM; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; ATR FTIR; BLEND MEMBRANES; COSOLVENTS; DENSE LAYER; DOPE SOLUTION; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRIAL SEPARATION; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; MEMBRANE SURFACE; N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHASE INVERSION TECHNIQUES; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; PSF MEMBRANES; PURE WATER; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SURFACE ENERGY PARAMETERS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; TIO; TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; WATER TOLERANCE; WORK OF ADHESION;

NANOPARTICLES;

1 METHYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; AMIDE; DIOXANE; HUMIC ACID; IMIDE; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(AMIDE IMIDE); POLYSULFONE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MISCIBILITY; NANOFILTRATION; PARAMETERS; PHASE INVERSION TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84871421966     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.11.029     Document Type: Article

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