A thin film nanocomposite membrane with MCM-41 silica nanoparticles for brackish water purification

Membranes

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Kadhom, Mohammed ^a   Yin, Jun ^a   Deng, Baolin ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

MCM 41 nanoparticles (NPs); Reverse osmosis (RO); Thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PARAFFINS; POLYOLS; SALINE WATER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SOLUTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; CONCENTRATION RANGES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; M PHENYLENEDIAMINE; MCM-41 NANOPARTICLES; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; TRIMESOYL CHLORIDE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 85006791122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes6040050     Document Type: Article

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