Carbon nanotube composite membranes for microfiltration of pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Capabilities and potential mechanisms

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 479, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-174

  Wang, Yifei ^a   Zhu, Jiaxin ^a   Huang, Haiou ^a   Cho, Hyun Hee ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SD Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorptive filtration; Carbon nanotubes; Natural organic matter; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; Physico chemical interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; SURFACE OXYGEN CONTENT;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; GRAPHENE; IBUPROFEN; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFABRICATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84922385682     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.01.034     Document Type: Article

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