Hydrophilic nylon 6,6 nanofibers supported thin film composite membranes for engineered osmosis

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 457, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-169

  Huang, Liwei ^a   McCutcheon, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Forward osmosis; Interfacial polymerization; Nanofibers; Nylon 6,6

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894281519     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.040     Document Type: Article

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