Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) mixed polyacrylonitrile (PAN) ultrafiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 403-404, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-109

  Majeed, Shahid ^a   Fierro, Daniel ^a,b   Buhr, Kristian ^a   Wind, Jan ^a   Du, Bing ^a   Boschetti de Fierro, Adriana ^a,c   Abetz, Volker ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b REUTLINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Gambro Dialysatoren GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube mixed membranes; Membrane compaction; Mixed matrix membranes; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTION MORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; MACROVOIDS; MEAN PORE SIZE; MEMBRANE COMPACTION; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; MIXED MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PAN MEMBRANES; PHASE INVERSION PROCESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY; SURFACE PORES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; WATER FLUX;

COMPACTION; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; LOADING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYACRYLONITRILE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84859267334     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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