Improved separation and antifouling performance of PVA thin film nanocomposite membranes incorporated with carboxylated TiO2 nanoparticles

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 485, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-59

  Rajaeian, Babak ^a   Heitz, Anna ^a   Tade, Moses O ^a   Liu, Shaomin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carboxylated TiO2 nanoparticles; Flux recovery ratio; Poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA); Thin film nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; CHLOROACETIC ACID; COATINGS; CROSSLINKING; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBOXYLATE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FLUX RECOVERY; INTERFACIAL CROSSLINKING; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; TIO;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANTIFOULING AGENT; CARBOXYL GROUP; CHLOROACETIC ACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ADHESION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBOXYLATION; CROSS LINKING; DISPERSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SODIUM RETENTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84951574875     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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