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4(%3)3 - Ecole nationale supérieure de chimie de Montpellier

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above that of normal value. This agglomeration of NPs within the membrane is perhaps responsible fornegligible permeation observed SP1 series and also for the unhealed perforation observed on the topsurface of the membrane.Figure – 3.23: Scanning Electron Microscopy images of transverse section of a membrane with entrapped silica NPs.The increased thickness can be observed easily due to the space occupied by the trapped NPs insi<strong>de</strong>.When a very high concentration of nanoparticles was used and the filtration time exten<strong>de</strong>d to 48hours, an irreversible reorganization of the micelle assembly was observed, as revealed by themembrane autopsy (Figure – 3.24). It seems that at such high NP concentration, the pores remainedopen for an exten<strong>de</strong>d time and the continuous flow of solid silica NPs insi<strong>de</strong> the pores induced analignment of micelles along the direction of flow.97

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