Fabrication of flexible, aligned carbon nanotube/polymer composite membranes by in-situ polymerization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 460, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-98

  Kim, Sangil ^a   Fornasiero, Francesco ^a   Park, Hyung Gyu ^b   In, Jung Bin ^c   Meshot, Eric ^a   Giraldo, Gabriel ^d   Stadermann, Michael ^a   Fireman, Micha ^e   Shan, Jerry ^d   Grigoropoulos, Costas P ^c   Bakajin, Olgica ^e  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Porifera Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Membrane; Nanocomposites; Nanofluidics; Separations

Indexed keywords

AIR PURIFICATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE FILMS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FABRICATION; GAS PERMEABILITY; IN SITU PROCESSING; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFLUIDICS; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERIZATION; SEPARATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STYRENE;

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FABRICATION PROCESS; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; LIQUID-PHASE PROCESSING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SITU BULK POLYMERIZATION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; COPOLYMER; MONOMER; NANOCOMPOSITE; PLASTICIZER; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; NANOFABRICATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84896141997     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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