A novel process for membrane fabrication: Thermally assisted evaporative phase separation (TAEPS)

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 99-109

  Hellman, Diana J ^a   Greenberg, Alan R ^b   Krantz, William B ^c  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporative casting; Macrovoids; Membrane formation; Microstructure; Poly(vinylidene fluoride)

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EVAPORATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDES;

MEMBRANE MICROSTRUCTURES;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

CASTING; EVAPORATION; MANUFACTURE; MEMBRANE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THERMALLY ASSISTED EVAPORATIVE PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 0942268598     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2003.10.041     Document Type: Article

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