Influence of substrate processing and interfacial polymerization conditions on the surface topography and permselective properties of surface-patterned thin-film composite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 512, Issue , 2016, Pages 50-60

  Maruf, Sajjad H ^a   Greenberg, Alan R ^a   Ding, Yifu ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier layer; Interfacial polymerization; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOFILTRATION; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THIN FILMS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BARRIER LAYERS; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; PATTERNED THIN FILMS; PERMSELECTIVE PROPERTIES; SEMIAROMATIC POLYAMIDES; SUBSTRATE TOPOGRAPHY; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

1,3 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; AMINE; AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; CHLORIDE; HEXANE; MONOMER; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; REACTION TIME; SURFACE PROPERTY; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84962911210     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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