High performance and antifouling vertically aligned carbon nanotube membrane for water purification

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 460, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-177

  Baek, Youngbin ^a   Kim, Cholin ^a   Seo, Dong Kyun ^a   Kim, Taewoo ^a   Lee, Jeong Seok ^a   Kim, Yong Hyup ^a   Ahn, Kyung Hyun ^a   Bae, Sang Seek ^b   Lee, Sang Cheol ^b   Lim, Jaelim ^b   Lee, Kyunghyuk ^b   Yoon, Jeyong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifouling property; High water flux; Ultrafiltration membrane; Vertically aligned carbon nanotube membrane; Water purification

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; CARBON NANOTUBES; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; HIGH WATER; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE; WATER PURIFICATION;

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; VISCOSITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84896513696     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.02.042     Document Type: Article

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