Characterization and evaluation of carbon nanotube Bucky-Paper membranes for direct contact membrane distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 36-43

  Dumée, Ludovic F ^a,b   Sears, Kallista ^a   Schütz, Jürg ^a   Finn, Niall ^a   Huynh, Chi ^a   Hawkins, Stephen ^a   Duke, Mikel ^b   Gray, Stephen ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bucky paper; Carbon nanotube; Desalination; Direct contact membrane distillation; Membrane

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BUCKY-PAPER; COMPOSITE MATERIAL STRUCTURE; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; FLUX RATES; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SALT REJECTIONS; WATER VAPOUR;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; PAPER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WATER FILTRATION;

MEMBRANE STRUCTURES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

CARBON; COMPOSITES; CONTACT ANGLE; DEIONIZATION; DISTILLATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES; PAPER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WATER REPELLENCE;

EID: 77649184894     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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