Synthesis of thin film nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane with enhancement in water flux without sacrificing salt rejection

D Emadzadeh, WJ Lau, AF Ismail - Desalination, 2013 - Elsevier
… In this study, thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane was developed using novel
polysulfone–titanium dioxide (PSf–TiO 2 ) nanocomposite substrate. The effects of TiO 2 on the PSf …

Synthesis and characterization of thin film nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane with hydrophilic nanocomposite support to reduce internal concentration …

D Emadzadeh, WJ Lau, T Matsuura, AF Ismail… - Journal of Membrane …, 2014 - Elsevier
osmosis (FO) membrane is internal concentration polarization (ICP), thin film nanocomposite
(TFN) membranes were … The nanocomposite substrates prepared were characterized with …

A novel thin film composite forward osmosis membrane prepared from PSf–TiO2 nanocomposite substrate for water desalination

D Emadzadeh, WJ Lau, T Matsuura… - Chemical Engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
… The nanocomposite substrates so prepared were then … thin film nanocomposite (TFN)
membranes for forward osmosis (… of PSf–TiO 2 nanocomposite substrates. Under the conditions for …

Interfacial polymerization of thin film nanocomposites: a new concept for reverse osmosis membranes

BH Jeong, EMV Hoek, Y Yan, A Subramani… - Journal of membrane …, 2007 - Elsevier
… of mixed matrix reverse osmosis membranes by interfacial polymerization of … thin film
nanocomposite materials represent a breakthrough in the design of reverse osmosis membranes -…

The potential of thin film nanocomposite membrane in reducing organic fouling in forward osmosis process

D Emadzadeh, WJ Lau, T Matsuura, N Hilal, AF Ismail - Desalination, 2014 - Elsevier
… , particularly in pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) mode, is fouling by natural organic matters…
of the nanocomposite substrate on the fouling of a thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane

A novel thin film nanocomposite reverse osmosis membrane with superior anti-organic fouling affinity for water desalination

D Emadzadeh, WJ Lau, M Rahbari-Sisakht… - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, titanate nanotubes (TNTs) were self-synthesized and amino functionalized to
produce titanate nanotubes (NH 2 -TNTs) for thin film nanocomposite (TFN) reverse osmosis (…

Synthesis of novel thin film nanocomposite (TFN) forward osmosis membranes using functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes

M Amini, M Jahanshahi, A Rahimpour - Journal of membrane science, 2013 - Elsevier
… Novel thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes were synthesized by interfacial
polymerization for the forward osmosis (FO) application. Amine functionalized multi-walled carbon …

Triple-layered thin film nanocomposite membrane toward enhanced forward osmosis performance

D Wang, J Li, B Gao, Y Chen, Z Wang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2021 - Elsevier
… a prospective low-energy membrane-separation technology in … The novel thin film
nanocomposite (TFN) FO membranes … In view of this, we fabricated TFN FO membranes with CNT …

Thin film nanocomposite reverse osmosis membrane modified by reduced graphene oxide/TiO2 with improved desalination performance

M Safarpour, A Khataee, V Vatanpour - Journal of Membrane Science, 2015 - Elsevier
… A novel thin film nanocomposite reverse osmosis (TFN-RO) membrane was prepared by …
)/TiO 2 nanocomposite in its polyamide layer. The rGO/TiO 2 nanocomposite was added to the …

Emerging thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for reverse osmosis: A review

DL Zhao, S Japip, Y Zhang, M Weber, C Maletzko… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
… Herein, the state-of-the-art developments of polyamide thin-film nanocomposite (TFN)
membranes for RO processes are summarized since the concept of TFN was introduced in 2007. …