A review on polyamide thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes: History, applications, challenges and approaches

Water Research

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 306-324

  Lau, W J ^a   Gray, Stephen ^b   Matsuura, T ^a,c   Emadzadeh, D ^a,d   Paul Chen, J ^e   Ismail, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Membrane; Nanomaterials; Polyamide; Thin film composite; Thin film nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FILM GROWTH; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POLYAMIDES; THIN FILMS;

ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTS; INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS; MEMBRANE FABRICATION; POLYAMIDE THIN FILMS; SEPARATION CHARACTERISTICS; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

FILLER; METAL ALKOXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; OXIDE; POLYAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; NYLON;

ANTIFOULING; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; SOLUTE;

FILM; MEMBRANE; NANOFABRICATION; NANOFILTRATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; THIN FILM NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANE; WATER PERMEABILITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILTRATION; OSMOSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOCOMPOSITES; NYLONS; OSMOSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84929614452     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.04.037     Document Type: Review

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