Preparation of a novel polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) ultrafiltration membrane modified with reduced graphene oxide/titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanocomposite with enhanced hydrophilicity and antifouling properties

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 13370-13382

  Safarpour, Mahdie ^a   Khataee, Alireza ^a   Vatanpour, Vahid ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HYDROPHILICITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; FOULING RESISTANCE; PERMEATION MEASUREMENTS; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84906753051     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie502407g     Document Type: Article

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