Preparation of polyamide thin film composite forward osmosis membranes using electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofibers as substrates

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 727-736

  Tian, Miao ^b   Qiu, Changquan ^b   Liao, Yuan ^b   Chou, Shuren ^b   Wang, Rong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electrospining; Forward osmosis; Interfacial polymerization; PVDF material; Thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINING; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; NANOFIBERS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POLYMERIZATION; PORE SIZE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84883864233     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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