Preparation and water desalination properties of POSS-polyamide nanocomposite reverse osmosis membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 473, Issue , 2015, Pages 157-164

  Duan, Jintang ^a   Litwiller, Eric ^a   Pinnau, Ingo ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Interfacial polymerization; POSS; Reverse osmosis; Thin film nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; POSS; THIN-FILM-NANOCOMPOSITE; WATER DESALINATION;

DESALINATION;

MONOAMINE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYAMIDE; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIN FILM COMPOSITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; REACTION TIME; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84907759017     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.09.022     Document Type: Article

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