Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots Incorporated into a Thin Film Nanocomposite Membrane with High Flux and Antifouling Properties for Low-Pressure Nanofiltration

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 11082-11094

  Zhang, Chunfang ^a   Wei, Kaifang ^a   Zhang, Wenhai ^a   Bai, Yunxiang ^a   Sun, Yuping ^a   Gu, Jin ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

antifouling; graphene oxide quantum dots; nanofiltraion membrane; tannic acid; thin film composite

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CARBON; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DYES; FLAVONOIDS; GRAPHENE; HYDROPHILICITY; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOFILTRATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TANNINS; THIN FILMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIFOULING; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; NEGATIVELY CHARGED SURFACES; TANNIC ACID; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 85016608487     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12826     Document Type: Article

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