Preparation of hydrophilic HDPE porous membranes via thermally induced phase separation by blending of amphiphilic PE-b-PEG copolymer

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 365, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 216-224

  Zhang, Chunfang ^a   Bai, Yunxiang ^a   Sun, Yuping ^a   Gu, Jin ^a   Xu, Youyi ^b  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic copolymer; Droplet growth kinetics; Hydrophilic HDPE; Porous membranes; TIPS

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC COPOLYMERS; DROPLET GROWTH; HYDROPHILIC HDPE; POROUS MEMBRANES; TIPS;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BLENDING; CONTACT ANGLE; COPOLYMERIZATION; DROP FORMATION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROPHILICITY; LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; PORE SIZE; SURFACE SEGREGATION; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER CONTENT;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

AMPHOPHILE; ANTIFOULING AGENT; COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROPHILICITY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 78049286198     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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