Flux enhancement in reverse osmosis membranes induced by synergistic effect of incorporated palygorskite/chitin hybrid nanomaterial

The substrate of RO thin film composite membranes offers support for rejection layer formation. It remarkably affects the physicochemical and structural properties of the developed rejection layer. This denotes the relevance of substrates modification in realizing optimized substrate structure in terms of porosity, thickness and tortuosity with the goal of obtaining highly selective and enhanced hydrophilic membrane. Polyamide thin film...