Control of porosity and pore size of metal reinforced carbon nanotube membranes

Membranes

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-36

  Dumee, Ludovic ^a,b   Velleman, Leonora ^c   Sears, Kallista ^a   Hill, Matthew ^a   Schutz, Jurg ^a   Finn, Niall ^a   Duke, Mikel ^b   Gray, Stephen ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Electroless plating; Gold; Nano composite; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLESS PLATING; GAS ADSORPTION; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; GOLD; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; REINFORCEMENT; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

CARBON NANOTUBE MEMBRANES; ELECTRO PLATINGS; EXOTIC MATERIALS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; PLATING SOLUTIONS; POROSITY AND PORE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 79953316483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes1010025     Document Type: Article

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