Surface modification of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes and fouling by BSA solutions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-72

  Nabe, Anke ^a,b   Staude, Eberhard ^a,b   Belfort, Georges ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backflushing; Charge and roughness; Fouling; Membrane modification; Polysulfone ultrafiltration; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOULING; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BACKFLUSHING; SURFACE ENERGY;

POLYSULFONES;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; POLYSULFONE; PROTEIN; WATER;

FOULING; MEMBRANE; POLYSULFONE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAFILTRATION; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0343632391     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(97)00073-2     Document Type: Article

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