Synthesis and characterization of novel thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes embedded with halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) for water desalination

Desalination

Volumn 358, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-41

  Ghanbari, M ^a   Emadzadeh, D ^a,b   Lau, W J ^a   Lai, S O ^c   Matsuura, T ^a,d   Ismail, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Desalination; Forward osmosis; Halloysite nanotube; Thin film nanocomposite membrane; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; KAOLINITE; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; OSMOSIS; THIN FILMS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

ANTIFOULING; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; HALLOYSITE NANOTUBE (HNTS); HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ANTIFOULING; DESALINATION; HALLOYSITE; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84918783856     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.11.035     Document Type: Article

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