Thin-film nanofibrous composite ultrafiltration membranes based on polyvinyl alcohol barrier layer containing directional water channels

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 11978-11984

  Ma, Hongyang ^a   Yoon, Kyunghwan ^a   Rong, Lixia ^a   Shokralla, Mina ^a   Kopot, Andrey ^a   Wang, Xiao ^a   Fang, Dufei ^a   Hsiao, Benjamin S ^a   Chu, Benjamin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER LAYERS; CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; LOW PRESSURES; NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLDS; NON-WOVEN; OIL/WATER EMULSION; PERMEATION FLUXES; REJECTION RATIOS; UF MEMBRANES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; WATER CHANNELS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FILLERS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOFIBERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; THERMOPLASTICS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

PERMEATION;

EID: 78649588245     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100545k     Document Type: Article

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