Structure and dynamics of water confined in a polyamide reverse-osmosis membrane: A molecular-simulation study

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 458, Issue , 2014, Pages 236-244

  Ding, Minxia ^a   Szymczyk, Anthony ^a   Goujon, Florent ^b   Soldera, Armand ^c   Ghoufi, Aziz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b ICCF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics simulations; Polyamide; Reverse osmosis; Water

Indexed keywords

CAVITY SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; POLYAMIDE MEMBRANES; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

MEMBRANES; POLYAMIDES; SEPARATION; WATER;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

POLYAMIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CAVITY SIZE; CROSS LINKING; DENSITY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER DENSITY; WATER DYNAMICS; WATER STRUCTURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84896871133     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.054     Document Type: Article

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