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Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes and Their Applications in Water and Wastewater Treatment

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Nanotechnology for Water Treatment and Purification

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology ((LNNST,volume 22))

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Electrospun nanofiber membranes (ENMs) are cutting edge new generation of membranes that offer significantly higher flux at similar rejection rate compared with the conventional membranes. Electrospinning has allowed for fabrication of highly porous ENMs with controllable pore size in the range of microfiltration and ultrafiltration. ENMs could replace conventional water treatment membranes with smaller systems that operate at lower pressures. In this chapter, the fundamentals of ENMs are presented and characterization methods, properties, and applications are discussed.

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Tabe, S. (2014). Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes and Their Applications in Water and Wastewater Treatment. In: Hu, A., Apblett, A. (eds) Nanotechnology for Water Treatment and Purification. Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06578-6_4

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