High flux polyethylene glycol based nanofiltration membranes for water environmental remediation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 476, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-104

  Cheng, Xi Quan ^a   Shao, Lu ^a   Lau, Cher Hon ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

High flux; Hydrophilic membranes; Interfacial polymerization; Nanofiltration; PEG based diamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914169287     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.11.020     Document Type: Article

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