Aromatic solvent-assisted interfacial polymerization to prepare high performance thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes based on hydrophilic supports

Polymer

Volumn 144, Issue , 2018, Pages 159-167

  Park, Sung Joon ^a   Kwon, Soon Jin ^a   Kwon, Hyo Eun ^a   Shin, Min Gyu ^a   Park, Sang Hee ^a   Park, Hosik ^b   Park, You In ^b   Nam, Seung Eun ^b   Lee, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Desalination; Interfacial polymerization; Polyacrylonitrile; Polyamide thin film composite membrane; Reverse osmosis; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; FILM PREPARATION; HEXANE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIN FILMS; TOLUENE; WATER TREATMENT;

ALIPHATIC SOLVENTS; HYDROPHILIC SUPPORTS; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MISCIBLE INTERFACES; MONOMER DIFFUSION; POLYAMIDE THIN FILMS; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 85046340567     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.04.060     Document Type: Article

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