Solvothermal synthesis of nanoporous TiO2: The impact on thin-film composite membranes for engineered osmosis application

Nanotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 34, 2016, Pages

  Emadzadeh, D ^a,b   Ghanbari, M ^c   Lau, W J ^c   Rahbari Sisakht, M ^b   Matsuura, T ^a,c   Ismail, A F ^c   Kruczek, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

amino functionalized nanoporous TiO2; antifouling; engineered osmosis; thin film composite membrane; water desalination

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DESALINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OSMOSIS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER FILTRATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIFOULING; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANO-POROUS TIO; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; WATER DESALINATION;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84984788362     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/34/345702     Document Type: Article

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