Formation and characterization of polyethersulfone membranes using different concentrations of polyvinylpyrrolidone

Desalination

Volumn 288, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-39

  Al Malek, S A ^a   Abu Seman, M N ^b   Johnson, D ^a   Hilal, N ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Membrane characterization; Membrane preparation; Polyethersulfone (PES); Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)

Indexed keywords

AFM; CASTING SOLUTIONS; DENSE LAYER; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PREPARATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; POLYETHERSULFONE (PES); POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE;

ADDITIVES; CONTACT ANGLE; ETHERS; HYDROPHILICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; PORE SIZE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84862812737     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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