Formation of porous poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes with symmetric or asymmetric morphology by immersion precipitation in the water/TEP/PVDF system

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1581-1594

  Lin, Dar Jong ^a   Chang, Hsu Hsien ^a   Chen, Tzung Chin ^a   Lee, Yi Chi ^a   Cheng, Liao Ping ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Membrane; Phase separation; Poly(vinylidene fluoride)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EQUILIBRIUM ABSORPTION METHODS; IMMERSION PRECIPITATION; INTERLOCKED CRYSTAL ELEMENTS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE (PVDF);

TERNARY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33744915767     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2006.01.027     Document Type: Article

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