Amyloid-carbon hybrid membranes for universal water purification

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 365-371

  Bolisetty, Sreenath ^a   Mezzenga, Raffaele ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FILTRATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEAVY METALS; MEMBRANES; METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TRAPPED IONS; WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATED WATER; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; METAL CONTAMINANTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WATER PURIFICATION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMYLOID; BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; HEAVY METAL; METAL ION; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTRATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HYBRID; MEMBRANE; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES;

AMYLOID; CARBON; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84955577730     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.310     Document Type: Article

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