Carbon nanotube based composite membranes for water desalination by membrane distillation

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 72-79

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

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bucky paper; Composite material; Desalination; Membrane distillation; Nanotube

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954248052     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1701     Document Type: Article

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