Recent advances in the formation of phase inversion membranes made from amorphous or semi-crystalline polymers

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 361-371

  Wienk, I M ^a   Boom, R M ^a   Beerlage, M A M ^a   Bulte, A M W ^a   Smolders, C A ^a   Strathmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Additives; Crystallizable polymers; Macrovoids; Membrane formation; Nodules

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ULTRAFILTRATION;

AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; IMMERSION PRECIPITATION; MACROVOIDS; MEMBRANE FORMATION; PHASE INVERSION MEMBRANES; SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMERS;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

POLYMER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANES-SYNTHETIC; PHASE INVERSION; POLYMERS;

EID: 0030131330     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(95)00256-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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