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Development and characterization of microporous Ti3SiC2 ceramic membranes for filtration of microorganisms

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A novel porous filter material was fabricated by element reactive synthesis method. The synthesized porous Ti3SiC2 membrane material presents a microstructure of both large substrate pores and small membrane pores, indicating large filtration flux and high filtration accuracy simultaneously. Microorganism filtration properties of the porous Ti3SiC2 membrane material were investigated by filtering the Escherichia coli suspension, which demonstrates excellent performance of the porous materials on filtration.

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This research is supported by the State science and technology support program of China (Grant No. 2012BAC02B05) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51504296).

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  1. School of Metallurgical Engineering, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, 412007, China

    Xinli Liu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Xinli Liu, Qiankun Zhang, Huibin Zhang, Yao Jiang & Yuehui He

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Liu, X., Zhang, Q., Zhang, H. et al. Development and characterization of microporous Ti3SiC2 ceramic membranes for filtration of microorganisms. J Mater Sci 51, 2594–2597 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9572-1

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