Antifouling ultrafiltration membranes made from PAN-b-PEG copolymers: Effect of copolymer composition and PEG chain length

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 44-51

  Chen, Xiangrong ^a   Su, Yi ^a   Shen, Fei ^a   Wan, Yinhua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Polyacrylonitrile block polyethylene glycol copolymers; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FOULING ABILITY; ANTIFOULING; ASYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS; COPOLYMER MEMBRANE; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; IMMERSION PRECIPITATION; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; PAN MEMBRANES; PHOTOELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY; POLYACRYLONITRILE-BLOCK-POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL COPOLYMERS; SEM IMAGE; SKIN LAYER; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHAIN LENGTH; CONTACT ANGLE; COPOLYMERIZATION; GLYCOLS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; POLYACRYLONITRILE;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIFOULING ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHILICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMERSION PRECIPITATION PHASE INVERSION METHOD; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80054838220     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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