Assembly of nanocomposite PEBAX membranes: A complementary study of affinity and clusterization phenomena

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 421-422, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-84

  De Lorenzo, Luana ^a   Tocci, Elena ^a   Gugliuzza, Annarosa ^a   Drioli, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Filler; MD simulations; Nanocomposite membranes; PEBAX

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILICS; CLUSTERIZATION; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROPHILIC SITES; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MD SIMULATION; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MOLECULAR REARRANGEMENT; NANO SCALE; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PEBAX; THREE-COMPONENT; WATER INTERACTIONS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; SOLUBILITY; TOLUENE;

FILLERS;

BLOCK CO POLY(ETHER AMIDE); COPOLYMER; NANOCOMPOSITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MISCIBILITY; NANOANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84865981122     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.06.050     Document Type: Article

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