Elevated performance of thin film nanocomposite membranes enabled by modified hydrophilic MOFs for nanofiltration

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1975-1986

  Zhu, Junyong ^a   Qin, Lijuan ^b   Uliana, Adam ^c   Hou, Jingwei ^d   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Zhang, Yatao ^b   Li, Xin ^a   Yuan, Shushan ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Tian, Miaomiao ^a   Lin, Jiuyang ^e   Van der Bruggen, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrophilizing; Interfacial polymerization; MOF modification; Nanofiltration; Water treatment; ZIF 8

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERIZATION; PORE STRUCTURE; SODIUM SULFATE; THIN FILMS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

COST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES; HYDROPHILIZING; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANES FOR WATER TREATMENTS; MOF MODIFICATION; NANOFILTRATION PERFORMANCE; POLYSODIUM 4-STYRENESULFONATE; ZIF-8;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 85017162981     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14412     Document Type: Article

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