Understanding functionalized silica nanoparticles incorporation in thin film composite membranes: Interactions and desalination performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 521, Issue , 2017, Pages 53-64

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Salt rejection; Structure property correlation; Surface functionalization; Thin film nanocomposite membrane; Water flux

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS;

SALT REJECTIONS; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY CORRELATION; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; WATER FLUX;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

AMINE; EPOXIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; MONOMER; NANOCOMPOSITE; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; FILM; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84986230516     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.08.069     Document Type: Article

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