Increasing strength of electrospun nanofiber membranes for water filtration using solvent vapor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 436, Issue , 2013, Pages 213-220

  Huang, Liwei ^a   Manickam, Seetha S ^a   McCutcheon, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Mechanical properties; Microfiltration; Nanofibers; Nonwoven

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; EMERGING MATERIALS; FIBER JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; NON-WOVEN; WATER PERMEABILITY; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBER BONDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; NANOFIBERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLVENTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER FILTRATION; WATER VAPOR;

MICROFILTRATION;

NANOFIBER; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYSULFONE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ELECTROSPINNING; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBER MEMBRANE; FILTRATION; MECHANICS; NANOFABRICATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VAPOR; WATER PERMEABILITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84875304474     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.12.037     Document Type: Article

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