Thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes prepared via layered interfacial polymerization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 527, Issue , 2017, Pages 121-128

  Choi, Wansuk ^a   Jeon, Sungkwon ^a   Kwon, Soon Jin ^a   Park, Hosik ^b   Park, You In ^b   Nam, Seung Eun ^b   Lee, Pyung Soo ^b   Lee, Jong Suk ^c   Choi, Jongmoon ^a   Hong, Seungkwan ^a   Chan, Edwin P ^d   Lee, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interfacial polymerization; Molecular layer by layer; Polyamide thin film composite membrane; Reverse osmosis; Water desalination

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILM PREPARATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIN FILMS; WATER FILTRATION;

INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; LEADING TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURABILITY; MOLECULAR LAYER; POLYAMIDE THIN FILMS; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; WATER DESALINATION;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; LAYERED INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SMOOTHNESS; THICKNESS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

COMPOSITES; MEMBRANES; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THIN FILMS;

EID: 85009753488     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.12.066     Document Type: Article

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