Amine enrichment and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) surface modification of thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes for organic fouling control

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 450, Issue , 2014, Pages 331-339

  Romero Vargas Castrillón, Santiago ^a   Lu, Xinglin ^b   Shaffer, Devin L ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Membrane functionalization; Organic fouling

Indexed keywords

ADHESION FORCE MEASUREMENTS; ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC MOLECULES; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANE FUNCTIONALIZATION; ORGANIC FOULING; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

ADSORPTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

AMINE; EPOXIDE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; MACROGOL; POLYAMIDE; POLYSULFONE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THIN FILM COMPOSITE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84885368397     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.09.028     Document Type: Article

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