Superhydrophilic anti-fouling electrospun cellulose acetate membranes coated with chitin nanocrystals for water filtration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 510, Issue , 2016, Pages 238-248

  Goetz, Lee A ^a   Jalvo, Blanca ^b   Rosal, Roberto ^b   Mathew, Aji P ^a,c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti fouling; Cellulose acetate; Chitin nanocrystals; Electrospinning; Mechanical properties; Water permeability

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBER BONDING; FILTRATION; FOULING; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHILICITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCRYSTALS;

ANTIFOULING; BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS; CELLULOSE ACETATE MEMBRANE; CELLULOSE ACETATES; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; HYDROPHILIC MEMBRANES; NANOSTRUCTURED NETWORKS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

WATER FILTRATION;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CELLULOSE ACETATE; CHITIN; HUMIC ACID; NANOCRYSTAL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CONTACT ANGLE; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; CHITIN; COATING; FIBER MATS; HYDROGEN BONDS; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84960970681     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.069     Document Type: Article

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