Influence of film thickness on the structure and properties of PDMS membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 415-416, Issue , 2012, Pages 624-634

  Jadav, Ghanshyam L ^a   Aswal, Vinod K ^b   Bhatt, Hitesh ^a   Chaudhari, Jayesh C ^a   Singh, Puyam S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Nanostructure; Pervaporation; Polydimethylsiloxane; SANS; Thin film membrane

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATED STRUCTURE; CHAIN AGGREGATES; CHAIN MODELS; COATED FILMS; CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; DEBYE MODELS; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; HIGH FLUX; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; N-HEXANE; ORGANICS; PDMS FILMS; PDMS MEMBRANE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE MEMBRANE; POLYMER CHAINS; POROUS SUPPORT; SANS; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; THIN FILM MEMBRANE; XRD;

AGGREGATES; CONTACT ANGLE; EVAPORATION; FILM PREPARATION; HEXANE; MICROCHANNELS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PERVAPORATION; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SILICONES;

MEMBRANES;

DIMETICONE; HEXANE; NANOMATERIAL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; EVAPORATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PERVAPORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84864761142     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.05.043     Document Type: Article

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