Enhancing the permeation flux and antifouling performance of polyamide nanofiltration membrane by incorporation of PEG-POSS nanoparticles

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 540, Issue , 2017, Pages 454-463

  You, Xinda ^a,b   Ma, Tianyi ^a,b   Su, Yanlei ^a,b   Wu, Hong ^a,b   Wu, Mengyuan ^a,b   Cai, Hongwei ^a,b   Sun, Guoming ^a,b   Jiang, Zhongyi ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

Anti fouling; High flux; Interfacial polymerization; Nanofiltration; PEG POSS

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DESALINATION; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERIZATION;

ANTIFOULING; ANTIFOULING PERFORMANCE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; HIGH FLUX; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; POLYAMIDE NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; PREPARATION CONDITIONS;

PERMEATION;

ALGINIC ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CHLORIDE; HUMIC ACID; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; PIPERAZINE; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL FUNCTIONALIZED POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE NANOPARTICLE; TRIMESOYL CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FOULING PREVENTION; GONIOMETRY; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER TRANSPORT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

FILTRATION; FOULING; PENETRATION; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERIZATION; SODIUM ALGINATE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 85021669758     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.06.084     Document Type: Article

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