Biomimetic Approaches for Membrane Technologies

Separation and Purification Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 122-140

  Sengur Tasdemir, Reyhan ^a   Aydin, Sevcan ^a   Turken, Turker ^a   Genceli, Esra Ates ^a   Koyuncu, Ismail ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aligned carbon nanotubes; aquaporin Z; biomimetic membranes; block copolymers; lipid bilayers

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; BIOMIMETICS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES; NANOTUBES; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; AQUAPORIN Z; BIOMIMETIC APPROACHES; BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANE; DOMINANT PROCESS; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; HIGH ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; MEMBRANE DESIGNS;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84949526017     PISSN: 15422119     EISSN: 15422127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2015.1035443     Document Type: Article

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