Carbon nanotubes-blended poly(phenylene sulfone) membranes for ultrafiltration applications

Applied Water Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-103

  Lawrence Arockiasamy, D ^a   Alam, Javed ^a   Alhoshan, Mansour ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blend membranes; Carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite; Poly(phenylene sulfone); Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BODY FLUIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; YARN;

BLEND MEMBRANES; CARBOXYLATED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL METHOD; FUNCTIONALIZED; MULTI-WALLED-CARBON-NANOTUBES; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; POLY(PHENYLENE SULPHONE); POLY(PHENYLENE); POLYPHENYLENES; SYNTHESISED;

BLENDING;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; REFLECTANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 85114082719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-012-0063-0     Document Type: Article

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