Performance improvement of polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane by blending with polyaniline nanofibers

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 363-371

  Fan, Zhifeng ^a   Wang, Zhi ^a   Sun, Ning ^a   Wang, Jixiao ^a   Wang, Shichang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifouling property; Blending; Permeability; Polyaniline nanofibers; Polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; BODY FLUIDS; CAPILLARITY; FLUXES; HYDROPHILICITY; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ALBUMIN (ALB); BLENDED MEMBRANES; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN (BSA); BREAKING STRENGTH; ELONGATION AT BREAK (EB); FLUX DECLINES; HYDROPHILIC PROPERTIES; MASS RATIOS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PERMEATE FLUXES; PHASE INVERSION PROCESS; POLYANILINE (PANI); POLYANILINE NANOFIBERS; POLYSULFONE (PSF); PS MEMBRANE; PURE WATER; THERMAL STABILITY; ULTRAFILTRATION (UF) MEMBRANES;

FILTRATION;

POLYANILINE; POLYSULFONE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 48549098884     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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