Nanofiltration of aqueous solutions: Recent developments and progresses

Advanced Materials for Membrane Preparation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 228-247

  Van der Bruggen, Bart ^a   Kim, Jeonghwan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ceramic membranes; Chemical modification; Membrane synthesis; Nanofiltration; Nanoparticles; Polymeric membranes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882823602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805308711201010228     Document Type: Chapter

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