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  • Photocatalytic and Filtration Elimination of Methylene Blue by Nanofibrous Polystyrene Membrane Containing TiO2 Nanotubes

  • Niko Faraji, Mehdi Mahmoudian† , and Asghar Zamani

  • Department of Nanotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Urmia University, Urmia, 5756151818, Iran

  • TiO2 나노튜브를 함유한 나노섬유 Polystyrene 막을 이용한 Methylene Blue의 광촉매 및 여과 제거 연구

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  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
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This Article

  • 2024; 48(1): 1-9

    Published online Jan 25, 2024

  • 10.7317/pk.2024.48.1.1
  • Received on Jun 12, 2023
  • Revised on Oct 3, 2023
  • Accepted on Oct 16, 2023

Correspondence to

  • Mehdi Mahmoudian

  • Department of Nanotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Urmia University, Urmia, 5756151818, Iran

  • E-mail: m.mahmoudian@urmia.ac.ir