Enrichment of Cu(II), Ni(II), and Pb(II) in aqueous solutions using electrospun polysulfone nanofibers functionalized with 1-[bis[3-(dimethylamino)-propyl]amino]-2-propanol

Analytical Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1855-1867

  Darko, Godfred ^a   Chigome, Samuel ^a   Tshentu, Zenixole ^a   Torto, Nelson ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Electrospinning; Enrichment; Nanofiber; Polysulfone

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051704302     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2010.539725     Document Type: Article

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