Influence of the strongly anisotropic cross-section morphology of a novel polyethersulfone microfiltration membrane on filtration performance

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-73

  Ulbricht, Mathias ^a   Schuster, Oliver ^b   Ansorge, Wolfgang ^b   Ruetering, Martin ^b   Steiger, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Membrana GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microfiltration membrane; Polyethersulfone; Solvent induced phase separation; Structure performance relationship

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MICROFILTRATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; WETTING;

MICROFILTRATION MEMBRANE; POLYETHERSULFONE; PORE MORPHOLOGY; SOLVENT-INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; STRUCTURE-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 34547958980     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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