Layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly technology as promising strategy for tailoring pressure-driven desalination membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 493, Issue , 2015, Pages 428-443

  Xu, Guo Rong ^a   Wang, Sheng Hui ^a   Zhao, He Li ^a   Wu, Shui Bo ^a   Xu, Jian Mei ^a   Li, Lu ^a   Liu, Xiao Yu ^a  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Desalination; Forward osmosis; Layer by layer; Membrane; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DESALINATION; MEMBRANES; POLYELECTROLYTES; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

DESALINATION MEMBRANES; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; LAYER BY LAYER; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; OPPOSITELY CHARGED POLYELECTROLYTES; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANES; SEPARATION MEMBRANES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CARBON NANOPARTICLE; CARBON NANOTUBE; FRESH WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYAMIDE; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DESALINATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84937680756     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.038     Document Type: Review

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