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Recent Advancements In The Application Of New Monomers And Membrane Modification Techniques For The Fabrication Of Thin Film Composite Membranes: A Review, Javad Farahbakhsh, Vahid Vatanpour, Mahsa Khoshnam, Masoumeh Zargar
Recent Advancements In The Application Of New Monomers And Membrane Modification Techniques For The Fabrication Of Thin Film Composite Membranes: A Review, Javad Farahbakhsh, Vahid Vatanpour, Mahsa Khoshnam, Masoumeh Zargar
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Thin film composite (TFC) membranes have been experiencing significant modifications recently aiming to improve their structure, properties and separation efficiency. One of the promising modifications to tailor the membranes more efficient is changing the materials used. m-phenylene diamine (MPD), piperazine (PIP), and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) are the most common monomers used to fabricate TFC membranes. Recent studies have introduced several alternatives to these traditional monomers showing significant contribution of these monomers to the physicochemical properties of the membranes (e.g., surface roughness, hydrophilicity, cross-linking density, chemical structure) as well as membranes' separation efficiency. Emergence of more favorable functional groups such as …
Application Of The Vortex Fluid Device (Vfd) In Polysulfone Synthesis And Ultra-Filtration Membrane Fabrication For Water Treatment Purposes, Aghil Igder
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Extensive studies have been performed to improve key properties of filtration membranes via controlling the fabrication process conditions as well as physical and/or chemical modification of the polymers used in membrane fabrication. The Vortex Fluid Device (VFD) is a newly invented platform which has found many applications in materials science and clean technology. The unique features of the VFD originate from a combination of different effects (e.g., micro-mixing, viscous drag, microfluidic flow, enhanced mass transfer) all resulting in faster, greener, and more efficient and better controlled chemical reactions. The main aims of this project are: (i) to investigate the utility …