Improved poly(vinyl butyral) hollow fiber membranes by embedding multi-walled carbon nanotube for the ultrafiltrations of bovine serum albumin and humic acid

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 260, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-98

  Wang, Jing ^a   Lang, Wan Zhong ^a   Xu, Hai Peng ^a   Zhang, Xuan ^a   Guo, Ya Jun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hollow fiber membranes; Multi wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT); Natural organic matter (NOM); Poly(vinyl butyral) (PVB); Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROPHILICITY; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PERMEATION; SPINNING (FIBERS); STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRAFILTRATION; YARN;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; MULTI WALL CARBON NANOTUBE(MWCNT); NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PERMEATION RESISTANCE; POLYVINYL BUTYRAL; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84907539427     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.08.082     Document Type: Article

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