A novel route for surface zwitterionic functionalization of polyamide nanofiltration membranes with improved performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 490, Issue , 2015, Pages 311-320

  Mi, Yi Fang ^a   Zhao, Qiang ^a   Ji, Yan Li ^a   An, Quan Fu ^a   Gao, Cong Jie ^b,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Development Center of Water Treatment Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Interfacial polymerization; Nanofiltration; Water permeability; Zwitterion monomer

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SURFACE REACTIONS; WATER FILTRATION;

ANTIFOULING; ANTIFOULING PERFORMANCE; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; N-AMINOETHYL PIPERAZINE; POLYAMIDE NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; WATER PERMEABILITY; ZWITTERION MONOMERS; ZWITTERIONIC POLYMERS;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

CHLORIDE; PIPERAZINE; POLYAMIDE; TRIMESOYL CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZWITTERIONIC POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER PERMEABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84930226115     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.04.072     Document Type: Article

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