Synthesis and characterization of silica gel-polyacrylonitrile mixed matrix forward osmosis membranes based on layer-by-layer assembly

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-216

  Lee, Jian Yuan ^a,b   Qi, Saren ^a,b   Liu, Xin ^a,b   Li, Ye ^a,b   Huo, Fengwei ^a,c   Tang, Chuyang Y ^a,b,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Crosslinked layer by layer (xLbL) assembly; Forward osmosis (FO); Internal concentration polarization; Mixed matrix membrane (MMM); Phase inversion; Silica gel (SG)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894071531     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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