Ultrasonic deposition of high-selectivity nanoporous carbon membranes

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5435, 1999, Pages 1902-1905

  Shiflett, Mark B ^a   Foley, Henry C ^b  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; FILM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUBE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033578681     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5435.1902     Document Type: Article

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