Formation of ultrathin high-performance polyethersulfone hollow-fiber membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-175

  Chung, Tai Shung ^a,b   Teoh, Soo Khean ^b   Hu, Xudong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air separation membranes; Asymmetric membranes; Hollow fiber spinning; Polyethersulfone membranes; Ultrathin skin layer

Indexed keywords

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYSULFONES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS;

AIR SEPARATION MEMBRANES; POLYETHERSULFONES;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; SILASTIC; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031258835     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(97)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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