Synthesis, properties, water and solute permeability of MWNT buckypapers

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 456, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-184

  Rashid, Md Harun Or ^a   Pham, Son Q T ^a   Sweetman, Luke J ^a   Alcock, Leighton J ^a   Wise, Anthony ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a   Triani, Gerry ^b   in het Panhuis, Marc ^a   Ralph, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Buckypapers; Carbon nanotubes; Trace organic contaminants; Water permeability

Indexed keywords

BIS-PHENOL A; BUCKY PAPER; CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MACRO-CYCLIC LIGANDS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; LIGANDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROFILTRATION; REMOVAL; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DISPERSIONS;

AMINE; CALIXARENE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHTHALOCYANINE; PHTHALOCYANINE DERIVATIVE; PORPHYRIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRITON X 100;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTAMINATION; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASOUND; VACUUM; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84893682882     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.026     Document Type: Article

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