Surface modification of dense membranes using radical graft polymerization enhanced by monomer filtration

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 12358-12365

  Bernstein, Roy ^a   Belfer, Sofia ^a   Freger, Viatcheslav ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-ETHOXYETHYL METHACRYLATES; 2-HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; AFM; APPLYING PRESSURE; AQUEOUS MEDIA; ATR FTIR; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CROSSLINKER; DENSE MEMBRANE; ETHYL METHACRYLATES; GRAFT POLYMERIZATION; MACRO-MONOMERS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MODIFIED MEMBRANES; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; NF MEMBRANES; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; POLYMERIC SPECIES; RATE OF REACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE GRAFT; SURFACE GRAFTING; SURFACE MODIFICATION; VINYL MONOMERS; XPS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTACT ANGLE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLARIZATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS;

MONOMERS;

EID: 77956658115     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la1017278     Document Type: Article

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