Effects of Inorganic Nano-Additives on Properties and Performance of Polymeric Membranes in Water Treatment

Separation and Purification Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 141-167

  Baghbanzadeh, Mohammadali ^a   Rana, Dipak ^a   Lan, Christopher Q ^a   Matsuura, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inorganic nanomaterials; membrane performance; membrane properties; membrane based water treatment processes; organic membranes

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SOLUTIONS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; WATER TREATMENT;

INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; ORGANIC MEMBRANES; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84949515024     PISSN: 15422119     EISSN: 15422127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2015.1068806     Document Type: Article

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