Sulfonated multiwall carbon nanotubes assisted thin-film nanocomposite membrane with enhanced water flux and anti-fouling property

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 524, Issue , 2017, Pages 344-353

  Zheng, Junfeng ^a   Li, Meng ^a   Yu, Kai ^b   Hu, Jiahui ^a   Zhang, Xuan ^a   Wang, Lianjun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anti fouling properties; High flux; Nanofiltration; Sulfonated multiwall carbon nanotube; Thin film nanocomposite membrane

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FOULING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOTUBES; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

ADSORPTION-DESORPTION MEASUREMENTS; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; HIGH FLUX; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; HYDROXYL GROUP; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYAMIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; DISPERSITY; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; NUCLEOPHILICITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TRANSPORT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84998880885     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.11.032     Document Type: Article

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