Improvement in the permeation performance of hybrid membranes by the incorporation of functional multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 466, Issue , 2014, Pages 338-347

  Wang, Ting ^a   Shen, Jiang nan ^b   Wu, Li guang ^a   Bruggen, Bart Van der ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hybrid membranes; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Pervaporation; Surface modification; Swelling absorption

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ESTERS; EVAPORATION; MEMBRANES; MONOMERS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PERVAPORATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS; HYBRID MEMBRANE; MONOMER SOLUTIONS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); RAPID POLYMERIZATION; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

PERMEATION;

MONOMER; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; DISPERSION; ELASTICITY; HYBRID; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MORPHOLOGY; PERVAPORATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84901471600     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.04.054     Document Type: Article

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