Fabrication and characterization of polyamide thin film nanocomposite (TFN) nanofiltration membrane impregnated with TiO2 nanoparticles

Desalination

Volumn 313, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-188

  Rajaeian, Babak ^a   Rahimpour, Ahmad ^b   Tade, Moses O ^a   Liu, Shaomin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aminosilanized TiO2 nanoparticles; Ceramic hollow fibre support; Silane coupling agent; Thin film nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

AFM; AQUEOUS PHASE; BARRIER COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE GONIOMETRY; FTIR; FUNCTIONALIZED; HOLLOW FIBRE; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; M PHENYLENEDIAMINE; NANO-FILLERS; ORGANIC PHASE; POLYAMIDE MEMBRANES; POLYAMIDE THIN FILMS; POLYETHERSULFONES; REFLECTANCE SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SALT REJECTIONS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SILANE COUPLING AGENT; SKIN LAYER; SUBSTRATE LAYERS; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; TIO; TRIMESOYL CHLORIDE; WATER FLUX; XRD;

ALUMINUM COATINGS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTACT ANGLE; COUPLING AGENTS; ETHERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CERAMICS; FILM; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER;

EID: 84872693864     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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