Thin film nanocomposite membrane filled with metal-organic frameworks UiO-66 and MIL-125 nanoparticles for water desalination

Membranes

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Kadhom, Mohammed ^a,b   Hu, Weiming ^a   Deng, Baolin ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b NORTHERN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Desalination; Metal organic framework; Nanoparticles; Reverse osmosis; Thin film nanocomposite membrane

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DESALINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINE WATER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER FILTRATION;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; METALORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS); THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 85021171621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes7020031     Document Type: Article

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