Surface cross-linked hydrogel for forward osmosis

• Main Author: Lee, Tom Weiyang
• Other Authors: Hu Xiao
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139134
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

To understand the feasibility of using surface-crosslinked semi-Interpenetrating Network (semi-IPN) hydrogel in powder form (<200 µm) containing Poly N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAM) matrix and linear Poly Sodium Acrylate (PSA) as a suitable draw solute. Post-synthesis surface crosslinking was cond...