Poly(sulfone)/sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) blend membranes: Morphology study and application in the filtration of alcohol based feeds

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 324, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Li, Xianfeng ^a   De Feyter, Steven ^a   Vankelecom, Ivo F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AFM; Donnan exclusion; Membrane morphology; Nanofiltration; Polyelectrolyte complexes; Solvent filtration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BLENDING; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; ETHERS; FEES AND CHARGES; FILTRATION; FINANCE; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FLUXES; KETONES; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEPARATION;

2-BUTANOL; 2-PROPANOL; AFM; BLEND MEMBRANES; CASTING SOLUTIONS; DONNAN EXCLUSION; FILTRATION PROPERTIES; HIGH-FLUX NANOFILTRATION; LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE PREPARATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUT-OFFS; POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES; POLYSULFONE; SOLVENT FILTRATION; SULFONATED POLY (SPEEK); SULFONATED POLYETHERETHERKETONE; TETRA-HYDROFURAN;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ALCOHOL; FOOD ADDITIVE; POLY(ETHER ETHER KETONE); POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALCOHOLS; ANATOMY; DYES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ETHANOL; FILTRATION; KETONES; LITHOGRAPHY; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYSULFONES; SOLVENTS; SULFONATION;

EID: 50349101876     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.06.055     Document Type: Article

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