A comprehensive physico-chemical characterization of superhydrophilic loose nanofiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 501, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-14

  Lin, Jiuyang ^a   Tang, Chuyang Y ^b   Huang, Chuanmin ^c   Tang, Yu Pan ^d   Ye, Wenyuan ^a   Li, Jian ^e   Shen, Jiangnan ^e   Van den Broeck, Rob ^a   Van Impe, Jan ^a   Volodin, Alexander ^f   Van Haesendonck, Chris ^f   Sotto, Arcadio ^g   Luis, Patricia ^h   Van der Bruggen, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Loose NF membranes; MWCO; Physico chemical characterization; Salt transmission; Superhydrophilicity

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MIXTURES; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; PORE SIZE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER FILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; MWCO; NF MEMBRANES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SUPER-HYDROPHILICITY; SUPERHYDROPHILIC SURFACE;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

1,3 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; ALIPHATIC AMINE; AROMATIC AMIDE; AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; CARBON; CHLORIDE; DYE; HYDROGEN; PIPERAZINE; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYSULFONE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; CROSS LINKING; FRACTIONATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER PERMEABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84949633178     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.11.044     Document Type: Article

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