Facile Modification of Reverse Osmosis Membranes by Surfactant-Assisted Acrylate Grafting for Enhanced Selectivity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 2347-2354

  Baransi Karkaby, Katie ^a   Bass, Maria ^a   Levchenko, Stanislav ^a   Eitan, Shahar ^a   Freger, Viatcheslav ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BORIC ACID; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DYES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MICELLES; MONOMERS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; POLARIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CRITICAL MICELLIZATION CONCENTRATION; FACILE MODIFICATIONS; GLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE; GRAFT POLYMERIZATION; HYDROPHOBIC MONOMERS; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; SURFACTANT ASSISTED;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ACRYLIC ACID; BORIC ACID; BRACKISH WATER; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DODECYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; MONOMER; TRITON X 100; TYLOXAPOL; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MICELLE; SURFACTANT;

BRACKISH WATER; COMPOSITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; HYPOBARISM; MICELLIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCALE UP; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; MICELLE; OSMOSIS;

ACRYLATES; FILTRATION; MICELLES; OSMOSIS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 85021851652     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05260     Document Type: Article

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