Modeling molecular transport in composite membranes with tubular fillers

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 381, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 50-63

  Kang, Dun Yen ^a   Jones, Christopher W ^a   Nair, Sankar ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Model; Nanotube; Permeation; Separation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED COMPOSITES; ANALYTICAL MODEL; COMPOSITE; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; FILLER ORIENTATION; FILLER VOLUME FRACTION; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MIXTURE SEPARATION; MOLECULAR SEPARATION; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; NON-IDEALITIES; NON-SPHERICAL; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; ORIENTATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

ASPECT RATIO; BINARY MIXTURES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOTUBES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; TITRATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FILLERS;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; FILLER; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80052035639     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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