Investigation of raw and oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes in fabrication of reverse osmosis polyamide membranes for improvement in desalination and antifouling properties

Desalination

Volumn 410, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-9

  Farahbaksh, Javad ^a   Delnavaz, Mohammad ^a   Vatanpour, Vahid ^a  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Desalination; Functionalized MWCNTs; Interfacial polymerization; Nanomaterials; Polyamide RO membranes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DESALINATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; OXIDATION; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLUTIONS; YARN;

ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE; ANTIFOULING PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; RO MEMBRANE; SURFACE CONTACT ANGLE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ANTIFOULING; CARBON NANOTUBE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 85012266411     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2017.01.031     Document Type: Article

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