Recent advances in cellulose and chitosan based membranes for water purification: A concise review

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 146, Issue , 2016, Pages 148-165

  Thakur, Vijay Kumar ^a   Voicu, Stefan Ioan ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biobased polymers; Composite; Membranes; Salts rejection; Water purification

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; MEMBRANES; NATURAL POLYMERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; PURIFICATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIO-BASED POLYMERS; INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; NATURAL POLYSACCHARIDE; PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES; WATER PURIFICATION;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

BIOCIDES; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPOSITES; MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PURIFICATION;

CELLULOSE; CHITOSAN; POLYMER;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CELLULOSE; CHITOSAN; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYMERS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84962367638     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.03.030     Document Type: Review

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