Polysulphone/montmorillonite nanocomposite membranes: Effect of clay addition and polysulphone molecular weight on the membrane properties

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 455, Issue , 2014, Pages 187-199

  Anadão, Priscila ^a   Sato, Laís F ^a   Montes, Rafael R ^a   De Santis, Henrique S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hydrophilicity; Membrane formation; Nanocomposite membrane; Polysulphone

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE INTERACTION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLYSULPHONE; REDUCED PERMEABILITIES; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS;

HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; SURFACE DEFECTS; WATER VAPOR;

MEMBRANES;

MONTMORILLONITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYSULFONE; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CLAY; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMERSION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84892955456     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.12.081     Document Type: Article

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