The role of ionic strength and odd-even effects on the properties of polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 475, Issue , 2015, Pages 311-319

  de Grooth, Joris ^a,b   Oborný, Radek ^b   Potreck, Jens ^b   Nijmeijer, Kitty ^a   de Vos, Wiebe M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Pentair X Flow BV   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionic strength; Membrane modification; Nanofiltration; Odd even effect; Polyelectrolyte multilayer

Indexed keywords

NANOFILTRATION;

MEMBRANE MODIFICATION; ODD-EVEN EFFECTS; POLYELECTROLYTE MULTILAYER;

IONIC STRENGTH;

NANOCOATING; POLYANION; POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION;

EID: 84909953715     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.10.044     Document Type: Article

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