Co-casting technique for fabricating dual-layer flat sheet membranes for gas separation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 258-267

  Hashemifard, S A ^a,b   Ismail, A F ^a   Matsuura, T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b PERSIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delamination; Dual layer flat sheet; Gas separation; Membrane; Morphology

Indexed keywords

DUAL LAYER; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; GAS SEPARATION; GAS SEPARATIONS; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; PERMEATION RATE; SUBSTRATE MEMBRANES; VOID SPACE;

BLENDING; ETHERS; MORPHOLOGY; PERMEATION; STEEL SHEET;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

POLYMER; POLYSULFONE;

ARTICLE; GAS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASIFICATION; MEMBRANE; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79955856793     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.03.053     Document Type: Article

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