Nanoporous organosilica membrane for water desalination: Theoretical study on the water transport

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 482, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-66

  Chua, Yen Thien ^a   Ji, Guozhao ^a   Birkett, Greg ^a   Lin, Chun Xiang Cynthia ^a   Kleitz, Freddy ^b   Smart, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Membrane distillation; Nano confined viscosity; Organosilica membrane

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLERIES; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MOLECULES; PHASE INTERFACES; POLARIZATION; PORE SIZE; SHEAR FLOW; SILICA; WATER FILTRATION; WETTING;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; LIQUID/VAPOR INTERFACES; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE HYDROPHILICITY; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; ORDERED MESOPOROUS ORGANOSILICA; ORGANOSILICAS; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

NANOPORES;

NANOPOROUS ORGANOSILICA; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; NANOPORE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THICKNESS; VISCOSITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84924567319     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.01.060     Document Type: Article

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