Anchoring hydrophilic polymer in substrate: An easy approach for improving the performance of TFC FO membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 476, Issue , 2015, Pages 330-339

  Wang, Yaqin ^a,b   Xu, Tongwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Montmorillonite; Non solvent induced phase separation; Polyethersulfone; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; FILM PREPARATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYACRYLONITRILES; POLYMERS; PORE SIZE; THIN FILMS; WETTING;

COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDROPHILIC POLYMERS; MONTMORILLONITE (MMT); NON-SOLVENTS; POLYETHERSULFONES; SURFACE WETTABILITY; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

SUBSTRATES;

POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMOBILIZATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHASE SEPARATION; THICKNESS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE FORWARD OSMOSIS; WATER PERMEABILITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84918826488     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.11.025     Document Type: Article

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