Phase transitions during membrane formation of polylactides. I. A morphological study of membranes obtained from the system polylactide-chloroform-methanol

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-236

  Van De Witte, P ^a   Esselbrugge, H ^a   Dijkstra, P J ^a   Van Den Berg, J W A ^a   Feijen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Liquid liquid demixing; Morphology; Polylactides

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; METHANOL; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; VITRIFICATION;

LIQUID LIQUID DEMIXING; POLYLACTIDE CHLOROFORM METHANOL SYSTEM;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

CHLOROFORM; METHANOL; POLYLACTIDE;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOISOMERISM;

MEMBRANES STRUCTURES; MEMBRANES-SYNTHETIC; POLYLACTIDE;

EID: 0030131352     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(95)00068-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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