Phase separation processes in polymer solutions in relation to membrane formation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-31

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mass transfer models; Membrane preparation and structure; Phase transitions; Theory; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

FORMING; MEMBRANES-SYNTHETIC; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GELATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VITRIFICATION;

IMMERSION PRECIPITATION; LIQUID-LIQUID DEMIXING; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANE FORMATION;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 0030596634     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(96)00088-9     Document Type: Review

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