Development of nanosilver and multi-walled carbon nanotubes thin-film nanocomposite membrane for enhanced water treatment

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 394-395, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-48

  Kim, Eun Sik ^a   Hwang, Geelsu ^a   Gamal El Din, Mohamed ^a   Liu, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Carbon nanotubes; Membrane; Nanosilver; Thin film nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

ANTI-ADHESIVE; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; BATCH TESTS; CRYSTALLINITIES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; NANO SILVER; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SUPPORT LAYER; SURFACE FUNCTIONALITIES; THIN FILM LAYERS; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

BIOFOULING; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER TREATMENT;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL BOND; FILM; HYDROPHILICITY; NANOPORE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SYNTHESIS; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84862802592     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.11.041     Document Type: Article

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