Fabrication and characterization of a novel poly (amide-urethane@imide) TFC reverse osmosis membrane with chlorine-tolerant property

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 469, Issue , 2014, Pages 397-409

  Liu, Li Fen ^a,b   Cai, Zhi Bin ^a   Shen, Jiang Nan ^a   Wu, Li Xiang ^a   Hoek, Eric M V ^b   Gao, Cong Jie ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorine tolerant; Poly(amide urethane@imide); Reverse osmosis membrane; Two step interfacial polymerization; Ultrathin polyimide film

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FILM PREPARATION; MEMBRANES; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE INFRARED; CHLORINE-TOLERANT; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; PHOTOELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY; POLY(AMIDE-URETHANE@IMIDE); POLYIMIDE FILM; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY (SEM);

ESTERS;

4 METHYLPHENYLENEDIAMINE; 5 CHOROFORMYLOXYISOPHALOYL CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; DIAMINE N,N DIMETHYL M PHENYLENEDIAMINE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; POLY(AMIDE URETHANE IMIDE); POLYIMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN DERIVATIVE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTACT ANGLE; CROSS LINKING; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84904757941     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.06.029     Document Type: Article

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