An 'Eco-friendly' all aqueous sol gel process for multi functional ultrafiltration membrane on porous tubular alumina substrate

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 134-140

  Manjumol, K A ^a   Shajesh, P ^a,b   Baiju, K V ^a,c   Warrier, K G K ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic membrane; Hydroxyethylcellulose; Sol gel; Titanium dioxide; Ultra filtration

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA SLURRY; ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; ALUMINA SUSPENSIONS; AQUEOUS PROCESS; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BOEHMITE SOL; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; COATING PROCEDURES; COMMERCIAL ALUMINA; DEGRADATION STUDY; ECO-FRIENDLY; HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE; MACROPOROUS; MEMBRANE LAYERS; METHYLENE BLUE; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; MULTI-LAYER-COATING; RETENTION EFFICIENCIES; SIZE REDUCTIONS; TITANIA; TITANIA LAYERS; TITANIA SOL; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

BODY FLUIDS; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; COATINGS; GELS; MEMBRANES; MULTILAYERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OXIDE MINERALS; PORE SIZE; SUBSTRATES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

SOLS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; METHYLENE BLUE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEL; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENSION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 79955836969     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.03.031     Document Type: Article

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