The role of MOFs in Thin-Film Nanocomposite (TFN) membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 563, Issue , 2018, Pages 938-948

  Van Goethem, Cédric ^a   Verbeke, Rhea ^a   Pfanmöller, Martin ^b,c   Koschine, Tönjes ^a   Dickmann, Marcel ^d   Timpel Lindner, Tanja ^e   Egger, Werner ^e   Bals, Sara ^b   Vankelecom, Ivo F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Characterization; Interfacial polymerization; Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs); Nanofiltration; Thin Film Nanocomposite (TFN) membrane

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYMERIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; TEA; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

DIFFRACTION SIGNALS; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE SYNTHESIS; METALORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS); POLYAMIDE MEMBRANES; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES;

MEMBRANES;

METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; POLYAMIDE; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NANOFILTRATION; POLYMERIZATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILM NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 85049435091     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.06.040     Document Type: Article

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