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Surfactant And Metal Sorption Studies By Functionalized Membranes And Quartz Crystal Microbalance, Abhay R. Ladhe
Surfactant And Metal Sorption Studies By Functionalized Membranes And Quartz Crystal Microbalance, Abhay R. Ladhe
University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations
Functionalized membranes provide an elegant platform for selective separations and sorptions. In this dissertation, application of functionalized membranes for surfactant and metal sorption studies are discussed. Sorption behavior of surfactants is also studied using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and other techniques.
Adsorption of the ethoxylated surfactants on polymeric materials (cotton and polyester) and model gold surface was quantified from a non-aqueous siloxane based solvent (D5) and water. The role of ethylene oxide group and the effect of nature of polymeric materials on adsorption behavior was quantified and established. In the case of gold-water interface, the adsorption data was fitted to …