Facile fabrication of superior nanofiltration membranes from interfacially polymerized CNT-polymer composites

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 81-87

  Roy, Sagar ^a   Ntim, Susana Addo ^b   Mitra, Somenath ^b   Sirkar, Kamalesh K ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrophilized polypropylene; Interfacial polymerization; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Polyethersulfone; Solvent resistant nanofiltration

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHILIZED POLYPROPYLENE; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MULTI-WALLED; POLYETHERSULFONES; SOLVENT-RESISTANT NANOFILTRATION;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ETHERS; FABRICATION; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANOL; MONOMERS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYMERIZATION; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; THERMOPLASTICS;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

BRILLIANT BLUE; CARBON NANOTUBE; DYE; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYPROPYLENE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NANOFABRICATION; NANOFILTER; NANOFILTRATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 79955870424     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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