Hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles: A peculiar structure for thin film nanocomposite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 519, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Zargar, Masoumeh ^a   Hartanto, Yusak ^a   Jin, Bo ^a   Dai, Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles; Interfacial polymerization; Salt rejection; Thin film nanocomposite membranes; Water flux

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MEMBRANES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICA; THIN FILMS;

HOLLOW MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; SALT REJECTIONS; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; WATER FLUX;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOMPOSITE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DESALINATION; DESORPTION; DIHYDROXYLATION; FILM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERM; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84979656028     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.07.052     Document Type: Article

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