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ultrafiltration performance of SnO2 ceramic membranes prepared by sol-gel route. J Sol-Gel
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J Am Chem Soc 130(49):16448–16449
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membrane distillation. J Membr Sci 502:158–170
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Desalination 258(1):182–186
Ulbricht M, Belfort G (1996) Surface modification of ultrafiltration membranes by low temperature
plasma II. Graft polymerization onto polyacrylonitrile and polysulfone. J Membr Sci
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process evolutions in seawater desalination. Desalination 143(3):207–218
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7(9):552–554
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Xu Z-K, Dai Q-W, Wu J, Huang X-J, Yang Q (2004) Covalent attachment of phospholipid
analogous polymers to modify a polymeric membrane surface: a novel approach. Langmuir
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Xu Z-K, Huang X-J, Wan L-S (2009) Surface engineering of polymer membranes. Springer, Berlin
Xue M, Qiu H, Guo W (2013) Exceptionally fast water desalination at complete salt rejection by
pristine graphyne monolayers. Nanotechnology 24(50):505720
Yang Q, Tian J, Hu M-X, Xu Z-K (2007) Construction of a comb-like glycosylated membrane
surface by a combination of UV-induced graft polymerization and surface-initiated ATRP.
Langmuir 23(12):6684–6690
Yang SY, Park J, Yoon J, Ree M, Jang SK, Kim JK (2008) Virus filtration membranes prepared
from nanoporous block copolymers with good dimensional stability under high pressures and
excellent solvent resistance. Adv Funct Mater 18(9):1371–1377
162
J. Ganesan et al.