Separating oil-water nanoemulsions using flux-enhanced hierarchical membranes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Solomon, Brian R ^a   Hyder, Md Nasim ^a   Varanasi, Kripa K ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 84903739533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05504     Document Type: Article

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