Synthesis of silicalite-poly(furfuryl alcohol) composite membranes for oxygen enrichment from air

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-9

  He, Li ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Wang, Kun ^a   Suresh, Akkihebbal K ^b   Bellare, Jayesh ^b   Sridhar, Tam ^a   Wang, Huanting ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Air separation; Composite membrane; Poly(furfuryl alcohol); Silicalite

Indexed keywords

AIR SEPARATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FURFURYL ALCOHOL; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; NITROGEN SORPTION; OXYGEN ENRICHMENT; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; OXYGEN-ENRICHED AIR; POLY(FURFURYL ALCOHOL); POROUS POLYSULFONES; SILICALITE; SOLUTION CASTING;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84862912289     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-637     Document Type: Article

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