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High‐Performance Ceramic Membranes with a Separation Layer of Metal Oxide Nanofibers
Author(s) -
Ke X. B.,
Zhu H. Y.,
Gao X. P.,
Liu J. W.,
Zheng Z. F.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200601984
Subject(s) - materials science , membrane , ceramic , layer (electronics) , nanofiber , oxide , sintering , composite material , separation (statistics) , metallurgy , genetics , machine learning , computer science , biology
Layers of randomly oriented fibers arranged in a hierarchical structure as the separation layer in ceramic membranes (see figure) are shown to greatly improve the separation efficiency compared to conventionally fabricated ceramic membranes, and remove the problems of cracks, pinholes, and serious sintering. The membranes have many potential applications, for example, removing viruses and waterborne pathogens.