Fabrication new PES-based mixed matrix nanocomposite membranes using polycaprolactone modified carbon nanotubes as the additive: Property changes and morphological studies

Desalination

Volumn 277, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 171-177

  Mansourpanah, Y ^a   Madaeni, S S ^b   Rahimpour, A ^c   Adeli, M ^a   Hashemi, M Y ^d   Moradian, M R ^a  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Hydrophilicity; Nanocomposite membranes; Polycaprolactone modified nanotubes

Indexed keywords

AFM; AFM IMAGE; ANTIFOULING; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CASTING SOLUTIONS; CROSS-SECTION MORPHOLOGY; END GROUPS; MACROVOIDS; MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MIXED MATRIX; MODEL SYSTEM; MODIFIED MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PROPERTY CHANGES; PURE WATER; SEM TEST; SMOOTH SURFACE; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

BODY FLUIDS; CONTACT ANGLE; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROPHILICITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYCAPROLACTONE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACES;

MEMBRANES;

ANTIFOULING; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROXIDE; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 79960184699     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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