Synthesis and characterization of thin film nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane with hydrophilic nanocomposite support to reduce internal concentration polarization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 449, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-85

  Emadzadeh, D ^a   Lau, W J ^a   Matsuura, T ^a,b   Ismail, A F ^a   Rahbari Sisakht, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Internal concentration polarization; Structural parameters; Thin film nanocomposite membrane; TiO2 nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; TIO;

ALUMINUM; FILM PREPARATION; HYDROPHILICITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SUBSTRATES;

NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFILM; POLYSULFONE; SEA WATER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84883748093     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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