High purity multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Preparation, characterization and performance as filler materials in co-polyimide hollow fiber membranes

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 262-269

  Favvas, Evangelos P ^a,c   Nitodas, Stephanos F ^b   Stefopoulos, Andreas A ^b   Papageorgiou, Sergios K ^a   Stefanopoulos, Konstantinos L ^a   Mitropoulos, Athanasios Ch ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b Glonatech SA TESPA Lefkippos   (Greece)

^c Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Technology Eastern Macedonia and Trace Institute of Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Composite membranes; Free volume; Functionalized MWCNTs; Gas separation; Hollow fiber membranes

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FILLERS; FREE VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PHENOLS; POLYIMIDES;

COVALENT MODIFICATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATION PROCESS; FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS; FUNCTIONALIZED NANOTUBES; GAS SEPARATIONS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; POLYMERIC HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84889654952     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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