Nanostructured materials for water desalination

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 29, 2011, Pages

  Humplik, T ^a   Lee, J ^a   O'Hern, S C ^a   Fellman, B A ^a   Baig, M A ^b   Hassan, S F ^b   Atieh, M A ^b   Rahman, F ^b   Laoui, T ^b   Karnik, R ^a   Wang, E N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; DESALINATION SYSTEMS; DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS; MULTI STAGE FLASH; NANOMETER LENGTH SCALE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SEPARATION MECHANISM; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; WATER DESALINATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GRAPHENE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; WATER FILTRATION; CARBON; WATER RESOURCES; YARN;

WATER RESOURCES; DESALINATION;

INORGANIC SALT; NANOMATERIAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; REVIEW; SALINITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NANOSTRUCTURES; OSMOSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; SALINITY; SALTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79960466832     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/29/292001     Document Type: Review

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