Effect of chitosan as a functionalization agent on the performance and separation properties of polyimide/multi-walled carbon nanotubes mixed matrix flat sheet membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 309-317

  Aroon, M A ^a,b   Ismail, A F ^b   Montazer Rahmati, M M ^a   Matsuura, T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Functionalization; Gas separation; MMMs; Multi walled carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITIES; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; GAS PERMEATION; GAS PERMEATION TESTS; GAS SEPARATION; MEMBRANE SAMPLES; MIXED MATRIX; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; MMMS; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; POLYIMIDE MATRIX; SEM; SEPARATION PROPERTY; SOLID BASE; TEM; TEST GAS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; WELL-DISPERSED;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; GASES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PERMEATION; POLYIMIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHITOSAN; HELIUM; METHANE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYIMIDE;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77957931491     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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