Soluble nanoparticles as removable pore templates for the preparation of polymer ultrafiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 387-388, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-82

  Kellenberger, Christoph R ^a   Luechinger, Norman A ^a   Lamprou, Alexandros ^a   Rossier, Michael ^a   Grass, Robert N ^a   Stark, Wendelin J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbonate nanoparticles; Dextran; Polyethersulfone; Pore size; Virus filtration

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PHASE; DILUTE ACIDS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; INORGANIC MATERIALS; LOW-COST ACCESS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; POLYETHERSULFONES; PORE TEMPLATES; POROUS POLYMER FILMS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; ROLL COATING; SOLVENT CASTING; TEMPLATING; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

DEXTRAN; ETHERS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; PORE SIZE; ROLLS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VIRUSES;

POLYMER FILMS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID; DEXTRAN; NANOPARTICLE; POLYETHERSULFONE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOPORE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 81955164151     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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