Antifouling, high-flux oil/water separation carbon nanotube membranes by polymer-mediated surface charging and hydrophilization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 542, Issue , 2017, Pages 254-263

  Liu, Yanan ^a,b   Su, Yanlei ^a,b   Cao, Jialin ^a,b   Guan, Jingyuan ^a,b   Zhang, Runnan ^a,b   He, Mingrui ^a,b   Fan, Lin ^a,b   Zhang, Qi ^a,b   Jiang, Zhongyi ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Hydrophilicity; Oil water separation; Polymer; Surface charge

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FILTRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PERMEATION; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEPARATION; SURFACE CHARGE; WATER FILTRATION; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE MEMBRANES; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; HIGH SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; OIL/WATER SEPARATION; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; CARBON NANOTUBE; OIL; POLYMER; WATER; WATER OIL CREAM;

ARTICLE; HYDRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CARBON; OIL; POLYMERS; SEPARATION; WATER;

EID: 85027416644     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.08.018     Document Type: Article

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