A high flux polyvinyl acetate-coated electrospun nylon 6/SiO2 composite microfiltration membrane for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion with improved antifouling performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 537, Issue , 2017, Pages 297-309

  Islam, Md Shahidul ^a   McCutcheon, Jeffrey R ^b   Rahaman, Md Saifur ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Microfiltration membrane; Nylon 6 SiO2 composite; Polyvinyl acetate

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTROSPINNING; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; POLYAMIDES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; PORE SIZE; RAYON; SPINNING (FIBERS); STABILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANTIFOULING PERFORMANCE; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; OIL-IN-WATER (O/W) EMULSION; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; POLYVINYL ACETATES (PVAC); STRUCTURAL STABILITIES;

WATER FILTRATION;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; NYLON; POLYVINYL ACETATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER OIL CREAM;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTROSPINNING; EMULSION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAVIMETRY; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROFILTRATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PERMEABILITY;

COMPOSITES; EMULSIONS; FILTRATION; NYLON; POLYVINYL ACETATE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 85019191734     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.05.019     Document Type: Article

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