Surface chemical heterogeneity of polyamide RO membranes: Measurements and implications

Desalination

Volumn 367, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-160

  Kim, Youngjin ^a   Lee, Sangyoup ^a   Kuk, Jihoon ^b   Hong, Seungkwan ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b WoongJin Chemical Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Membrane fouling; Membrane surface characterization; RO membrane; Surface chemical heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTACT ANGLE; MEMBRANE FOULING; PROBES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE; MEMBRANE FOULING MECHANISMS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; NEGATIVELY CHARGED MEMBRANES; POSITIVELY CHARGED; RO MEMBRANE; SURFACE CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES;

MEMBRANES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84927635515     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

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