New directions in nanofiltration applications - Are nanofibers the right materials as membranes in desalination?

Desalination

Volumn 308, Issue , 2013, Pages 198-208

  Subramanian, Sundarrajan ^a   Seeram, Ramakrishna ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Electrospinning; Electrospun membranes; Nanofiltration; Thin film nanofibrous composite membranes

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; DESALINATION MEMBRANES; DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; ELECTROSPUNS; GEOTHERMAL WATER; HIGH POROSITY; INTERCONNECTED PORES; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; NANO-FIBROUS; NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; NOVEL PROCESS; PERMEATE FLUX; PHASE INVERSION PROCESS; SALT CONTENT; SEAWATER DESALINATION; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; WATER DEMAND;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; NANOFILTRATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SEAWATER;

WATER FILTRATION;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER; POROSITY; SEAWATER;

EID: 84870754756     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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