Poly(ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene) membrane formation via thermally induced phase separation (TIPS)

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 362, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 211-220

  Roh, Il Juhn ^a,c   Ramaswamy, Senthilkumar ^a,d   Krantz, William B ^b   Greenberg, Alan R ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Porifera Inc   (United States)

^d MILLIPORE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

ECTFE; Fluoropolymer; Membrane casting; Membrane morphology; Membranes; TIPS

Indexed keywords

ECTFE; FLUOROPOLYMER; MEMBRANE CASTING; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; TIPS;

COOLING; ESTERS; ETHYLENE; EXTRUSION; LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

PERMEATION;

COPOLYMER; DILUENT; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; POLY(ETHYLENE CHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COOLING; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS;

EID: 77955661178     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.06.042     Document Type: Article

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