Desalination by membrane distillation using electrospun polyamide fiber membranes with surface fluorination by chemical vapor deposition

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 8225-8232

  Guo, Fei ^a   Servi, Amelia ^a   Liu, Andong ^a   Gleason, Karen K ^a   Rutledge, Gregory C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

CVD; electrospinning; hydrophobicity; membrane distillation; PA6(3)T

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; SPINNING (FIBERS);

AIR GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; CONFORMAL COATINGS; HYDROPHILIC MATERIALS; INITIATED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PA6(3)T; SURFACE FLUORINATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84928498213     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01197     Document Type: Article

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