High flux low pressure thin film nanocomposite ultrafiltration membranes based on nanofibrous substrates

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-151

  You, Hao ^a   Li, Xiong ^a   Yang, Yin ^a   Wang, Baoyi ^b   Li, Zhuoxi ^b   Wang, Xuefen ^a   Zhu, Meifang ^a   Hsiao, Benjamin S ^c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Positron annihilation spectroscopy; Solution treatment; Thin film nanocomposite membrane; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; NANOFIBROUS SUBSTRATES; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLYACRYLONITRILE (PAN); POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTION TREATMENTS; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTROSPINNING; EMULSIFICATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFIBERS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84875130914     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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