Supported lyotropic liquid-crystal polymer membranes: Promising materials for molecular-size-selective aqueous nanofiltration

Advanced Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1850-1853

  Zhou, Meijuan ^a   Kidd, Timothy J ^a,b   Noble, Richard D ^a   Gin, Douglas L ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; CROSSLINKING; FLUXES; HYDROPHILICITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; NANOFILTRATION; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MOLECULAR SEPARATION; PORE DENSITY; UNIAXIAL NANOPORES; WATER FLUXES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 23744469202     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200500444     Document Type: Article

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