High-performance polyamide thin-film-nanocomposite reverse osmosis membranes containing hydrophobic zeolitic imidazolate framework-8

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 476, Issue , 2015, Pages 303-310

  Duan, Jintang ^a   Pan, Yichang ^a   Pacheco, Federico ^a   Litwiller, Eric ^a   Lai, Zhiping ^a   Pinnau, Ingo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Interfacial polymerization; Nanotechnology; Reverse osmosis; Thin film nanocomposite; ZIF 8

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DESALINATION; FILLERS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANOMETALLICS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THIN FILMS; WATER FILTRATION;

HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT; WATER DESALINATION; WATER TRANSPORT; ZEOLITIC IMIDAZOLATE FRAMEWORK-8; ZIF-8;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFILM; POLYAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZEOLITE; ZEOLITIC IMIDAZOLATE FRAMEWORK 8;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DESALINATION; FILM; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTHERM; MEASUREMENT; NANOENCAPSULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84918800309     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.11.038     Document Type: Article

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