Enhanced durability and hydrophobicity of carbon nanotube bucky paper membranes in membrane distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 241-246

  Dumée, Ludovic ^a,b   Germain, Vincent ^c   Sears, Kallista ^a   Schütz, Jürg ^a   Finn, Niall ^a   Duke, Mikel ^b   Cerneaux, Sophie ^c   Cornu, David ^c   Gray, Stephen ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Alkoxysilane; Bucky papers; Carbon nanotube; Hydrophobicity; Membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

ALKOXYSILANES; BUCKY PAPER; BUCKY-PAPERS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; CRACK FORMATION; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; HIGH POROSITY; HIGH PURITY; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES; HYDROXYL GROUPS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; NATURAL HYDROPHOBICITY; SILICON CONTENTS; UV/OZONE TREATMENT; WATER DESALINATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DURABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MECHANICAL STABILITY; PAPER; WATER FILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; HYDROXYL GROUP; OZONE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; NANOFABRICATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CONTACT ANGLE; DEIONIZATION; DISTILLATION; DURABILITY; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES; PAPER; WATER; WATER REPELLENCE;

EID: 79957570810     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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