Regulating the aqueous phase monomer balance for flux improvement in polyamide thin film composite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 487, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-82

  Perera, D H N ^a   Song, Q ^a   Qiblawey, H ^c   Sivaniah, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Desalination; Interfacial polymerization; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; FILM THICKNESS; MEMBRANES; MONOMERS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILMS;

CONVENTIONAL MONOMERS; FREE FROM SURFACE; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; NODULAR STRUCTURES; POLYAMIDE THIN FILMS; SELECTIVE LAYERS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

HYDROXYL GROUP; MONOMER; POLYAMIDE; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTACT ANGLE; CROSS LINKING; DESALINATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYAMIDE THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84928110783     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.038     Document Type: Article

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