Response to Osmotic pressure versus swelling pressure: Comment on "bifunctional polymer hydrogel layers as forward osmosis draw agents for continuous production of fresh water using solar energy"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4214-4215

  Wang, Huanting ^a   Wei, Jing ^a   Simon, George P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; POLYMER; HYDROGEL;

CELL MEMBRANE; DESALINATION; DISSOCIATION; DISSOLUTION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HEATING; HYDROGEL; LETTER; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SWELLING PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY;

FRESH WATER; HYDROGEL; OSMOSIS; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84897557100     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5011016     Document Type: Letter

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