Fabrication of high performance polyethersulfone UF hollow fiber membranes using amphiphilic Pluronic block copolymers as pore-forming additives

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 114-123

  Loh, Chun Heng ^a,b   Wang, Rong ^a,b   Shi, Lei ^b   Fane, Anthony G ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic Pluronic triblock copolymers; High performance hollow fiber membranes; Polyethersulfone; Pore forming additive

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; INTERNAL PORES; MEMBRANE FABRICATION; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; PEO-BRUSH; PLURONIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; PLURONIC F-127; PLURONICS; POLYETHERSULFONES; PORE FORMERS; PORE-FORMING ADDITIVE; PURE WATER; SOLUTE REJECTION; SURFACE MODIFIERS;

ADDITIVES; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHERS; ETHYLENE; FABRICATION; FIBERS; GLYCOLS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PORE SIZE; PROPYLENE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPINNING (FIBERS); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

AMPHOPHILE; COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; POLOXAMER; POLYETHERSULFONE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE SURFACE CHEMISTRY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUT OFF; MORPHOLOGY; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE WATER PERMEATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 80051471459     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.06.041     Document Type: Article

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