ArticleAuthors: Ngo, Thu Hong Anh; Nguyen, Dung The; Do, Khai Dinh; Nguyen, Thu Thi Minh; Shinsuke Mori; Tran, Dung Thi (2016)
In this paper, the coating of TiO2 nanoparticles onto the surface of a polyamide thin film composite nanofiltration membrane has been studied. Changes in the properties and separation performance of the modified membranes were systematically characterized. The experimental results indicated that the membrane surface hydrophilicity was significantly improved by the presence of the coated TiO2 nano-particles with subsequent UV irradiation. The separation performance of the UV-irradiated TiO2-coated membranes was improved with a great enhancement of flux and a very high retention for removal of residual dye in an aqueous feed solution. The antifouling property of the UV-irradiated TiO2-c... 
