Fabrication of Al2O3/PSf nanocomposite membranes: efficiency comparison of coating and blending methods in modification of filtration performance

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 34-36, 2013, Pages 6736-6742

  Mojtahedi, Yasaman Mohades ^a   Mehrnia, Mohammad Reza ^a   Homayoonfal, Maryam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alumina nanoparticles; Nanocomposite membrane; Structure blending; Surface deposition

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84887039416     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.769918     Document Type: Article

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