2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Novel Techniques for Membrane Characterization and Functionalization

Papers are sought that describe novel approaches to characterizing membrane structure and performance. Contributions that describe new methods for membrane functionalization and characterization are of special interest.

Chair

Kamalesh K. Sirkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Co-Chair

Stephen M. Ritchie, University of Alabama

Presentations

03:15 PM

(144a) Pei/MCM-48 Composite Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Separation

Parveen Kumar, Vadim V. Guliants, Sangil Kim, Junichi Ida, Jerry Lin

03:33 PM

(144b) Modification of Ultrafiltration Membranes by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Nripen Singh, Zhen Chen, Scott Husson, Ranil Wickramasinghe

03:51 PM

(144c) Characterization of the Gelation Process in the Preparation of Ppesk Asymmetric Ultrafiltration Membrane

Binbing Han, M. Nazmul Karim, Peiyong Qin, Zhen Chen, Cuixian Chen, Jiding Li, Srinivas Karra

04:09 PM

(144d) Surface Modification of Membranes by Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition

Malancha Gupta, Karen K. Gleason

04:27 PM

(144e) Characterizing Membrane Surface Charge by Contact Angle Titration

Gil Hurwitz, Eric M. V. Hoek

04:45 PM

(144f) Surface Energies of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Membranes for Pervaporation

Md. Nasim Hyder, Robert Y.M. Huang, Pu Chen

05:03 PM

(144g) Fundamental Characterization of Surface Mineral Crystallization on Aromatic Polyamide Ro Membrane Surfaces

Nancy Lin, Gregory T. Lewis, Wen-Yi Shih, Michal Uchymiak, Yoram Cohen

05:21 PM

(144h) Surface Modification of Commercial Water Treatment Membranes by Ion Beam Irradiation

Rama Chennamsetty, Isabel C. Escobar