Development of a PDMS-grafted alumina membrane and its evaluation as solvent resistant nanofiltration membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 463, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-32

  Pinheiro, Ana F M ^a   Hoogendoorn, Danny ^a   Nijmeijer, Arian ^a   Winnubst, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grafting; PDMS; Porous alumina; Solvent nanofiltration; Vapor phase deposition

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HEXANE; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; SOLVENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TOLUENE; VAPORS;

3-AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; ALUMINA CERAMIC MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; PDMS; POROUS ALUMINA; SOLUTION PHASE METHODS; SOLVENT RESISTANT NANOFILTRATION; VAPOR PHASE DEPOSITION;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

2 PROPANOL; 3 AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DIMETICONE; HEXANE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYMER; TOLUENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DEGRADATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84897946053     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.03.050     Document Type: Article

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