Layer-by-Layer Fabrication of High-Performance Polyamide/ZIF-8 Nanocomposite Membrane for Nanofiltration Applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 24082-24093

  Wang, Luying ^a   Fang, Manquan ^b   Liu, Jing ^a   He, Jing ^a   Li, Jiding ^b   Lei, Jiandu ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

layer by layer; nanocomposite membrane; nanofiltration; polyamide; ZIF 8

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BLENDING; COATINGS; FABRICATION; FILLERS; FILM PREPARATION; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOPARTICLES; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERIZATION;

HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYAMIDES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; LAYER BY LAYER; LAYER-BY-LAYER FABRICATION; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; ZIF-8;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

EID: 84946430937     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07128     Document Type: Article

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