Optimisation of polyethersulfone/polyaniline blended membranes using response surface methodology approach

Desalination

Volumn 311, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-191

  Razali, Nor Faizah ^a   Mohammad, Abdul Wahab ^a   Hilal, Nidal ^b   Leo, Choe Peng ^c   Alam, Javed ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blended membrane; Nanoparticle; Polyaniline; Polyethersulfone; Response surface method

Indexed keywords

AFM IMAGE; BLENDED MEMBRANE; CASTING PROCESS; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; EVAPORATION TIME; HIGH PH; HYDROPHILIC PROPERTIES; INTERACTION GRAPHS; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MEMBRANE SURFACE CHARGE; OPERATING VARIABLES; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; PES MEMBRANES; POLYANILINE NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHERSULFONES; POLYMERIC ADDITIVES; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SALT REJECTIONS; STRONG INTERACTION; STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE; SUBSTRATE MEMBRANES; WATER PERMEABILITY;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CONTACT ANGLE; ETHERS; EVAPORATION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYANILINE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MEMBRANES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 84871481714     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.11.033     Document Type: Article

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