Sonication-assisted preparation of pristine MWCNT-polysulfone Conductive microporous membranes

Materials Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-232

  Medina Gonzalez, Yaocihuatl ^a,b   Remigy, Jean Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Conductive membranes; Microfiltration membranes; MWCNT polysulfone membranes; Polysulfone membranes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MICROPOROSITY; NANOTUBES; POLYSULFONES; SOLVENTS; YARN;

CHARGED SPECIES; CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANES; COVALENT MODIFICATIONS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM); MICRO POROUS MEMBRANES; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; PHASE INVERSION TECHNIQUES; POLYSULFONE MEMBRANES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77958557358     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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