RT Journal Article
T1 Nanofiltration thin-film composite polyester polyethersulfone-based membranes prepared by interfacial polymerization
A1 Abu Seman, M. N.
A1 Khayet Souhaimi, Mohamed
A1 Hilal, N.
AB Nanofiltration polyester thin-film composite membranes have been prepared by interfacial polymerization using commercial polyethersulfone membrane support. Different monomer bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations in the aqueous solution and various interfacial polymerization times in the organic solution containing trimesoyl chloride (TMC) were studied. The success of the conducted interfacial polymerization procedure was corroborated by FTIR-ATR. Irreversible fouling of both the unmodified polyethersulfone and the modified polyester thin-film composite polyethersulfone membranes have been studied using humic acid model solutions at different pH values. It was observed that polyester thin-film composite membranes exhibited practically no tendency to be irreversibly fouled by humic acid molecules at neutral environment. However, the permeate flux was decreased and the irreversible fouling factor was enhanced with decreasing the pH to a value of 3.
PB Elsevier B. V.
SN 0376-7388
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44308
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44308
LA eng
NO © 2009 Elsevier B.V. We would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia for supporting Mazrul Abu Seman's study. We also like to thank the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) for financially supporting M. Khayet during his stay in the UK.
NO Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia)
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid 
DS Docta Complutense
RD 26 feb 2026