Star polymer-assembled thin film composite membranes with high separation performance and low fouling

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 555, Issue , 2018, Pages 369-378

  Jeon, Sungkwon ^a   Park, Chan Hyung ^a   Park, Sang Hee ^a   Shin, Min Gyu ^a   Kim, Hyun Ji ^b   Baek, Kyung Youl ^b   Chan, Edwin P ^c   Bang, Joona ^a   Lee, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interfacial polymerization; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Star polymer; Thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

AIR PURIFICATION; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINE WATER; THIN FILMS; WATER TREATMENT;

CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS; END-FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANES FOR WATER TREATMENTS; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; STAR POLYMERS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

POLYMER; STAR POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; FOULING CONTROL; GEOMETRY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; WATER TREATMENT;

POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THIN FILMS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 85044620480     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.03.075     Document Type: Article

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