Membrane formation process and mechanism of PVDF-g-PNIPAAm thermo-sensitive membrane

Desalination

Volumn 290, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-98

  Feng, Xia ^a   Guo, Yanfen ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Zhao, Yiping ^a   Li, Jianxin ^a   He, Xiaoling ^a   Chen, Li ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane formation mechanism; PVDF g PNIPAAm; Thermo sensitive membranes; Ultrasonic time domain reflectometry (UTDR)

Indexed keywords

AFM; COAGULATION BATH; DE-MIXING; DEMIXING PROCESS; ETHANOL AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MACROVOIDS; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE-FORMING; N ,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; PNIPAAM; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); PVDF-G-PNIPAAM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; THERMO SENSITIVE; ULTRASONIC TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ULTRASONIC TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (UTDR); X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES (XPS);

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ETHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MEMBRANES;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COAGULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMATION MECHANISM; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ULTRASONICS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84862811849     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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