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Journal
Description: 
Thermoplasmonic effects notably improve the efficiency of vacuum membrane distillation, an economically sustainable tool for high‐quality seawater desalination. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes filled with spherical silver nanoparticles are used, whose size is tuned for the aim. With the addition of plasmonic nanoparticles in the membrane, the transmembrane flux increases by 11 times, and, moreover, the temperature at the membrane interface is higher than bulk temperature.
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Publication date: 
1 Jan 2017
Authors: 

Antonio Politano, Pietro Argurio, Gianluca Di Profio, Vanna Sanna, Anna Cupolillo, Sudip Chakraborty, Hassan A Arafat, Efrem Curcio

Biblio References: 
Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Pages: 1603504
Origin: 
Advanced Materials