Super hydrophilic TiO2/HNT nanocomposites as a new approach for fabrication of high performance thin film nanocomposite membranes for FO application

Desalination

Volumn 371, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-114

  Ghanbari, M ^a   Emadzadeh, D ^a,b,c   Lau, W J ^a   Matsuura, T ^a,c   Davoody, M ^d   Ismail, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Forward osmosis; Thin film nanocomposite membrane; TiO2 HNT nanocomposites; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CLEANING; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FABRICATION; FILM PREPARATION; HYDROPHILICITY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OSMOSIS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

ANTIFOULING; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2); WATER CLEANING PROCESS;

THIN FILMS;

ANTIFOULING; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COMPOSITE; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; TITANIUM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84930933917     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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