Fabrication and characterization of a polysulfone-graphene oxide nanocomposite membrane for arsenate rejection from water

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Rezaee, Reza ^a   Nasseri, Simin ^a   Mahvi, Amir Hossein ^a   Nabizadeh, Ramin ^a   Mousavi, Seyyed Abbas ^b   Rashidi, Alimorad ^c   Jafari, Ali ^d   Nazmara, Shahrokh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^d LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arsenate; Graphene oxide; Hydrophilicity; Mixed matrix membrane; Polysulfone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939815169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2052336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40201-015-0217-8     Document Type: Article

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