A review on membrane fabrication: Structure, properties and performance relationship

Desalination

Volumn 326, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-95

  Lalia, Boor Singh ^a   Kochkodan, Victor ^b   Hashaikeh, Raed ^a   Hilal, Nidal ^a,b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Membrane fabrication; Membrane performance; Polymer membranes; Porous structure

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTION MORPHOLOGY; HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANE FABRICATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; POLYMER MEMBRANE; POROUS STRUCTURES; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANES;

DESALINATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER FILTRATION;

FABRICATION;

CRYSTALLINITY; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; POROUS MEDIUM; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84882749348     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.06.016     Document Type: Review

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