Engineering superhydrophobic surface on poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanofiber membranes for direct contact membrane distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 440, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-87

  Liao, Yuan ^a,b   Wang, Rong ^a,b   Fane, Anthony G ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Membrane distillation; Nanofiber membrane; Silver nanoparticle; Superhydrophobic; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; NANOFIBER MEMBRANE; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC;

AMINES; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SEAWATER; SILVER; SURFACE TREATMENT;

MEMBRANES;

NANOFIBER; NANOPARTICLE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WETTING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOENGINEERING; NANOFABRICATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84877039120     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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