Low-cost antifouling PVC ultrafiltration membrane fabrication with Pluronic F 127: Effect of additives on properties and performance

Desalination

Volumn 307, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-33

  Liu, Baicang ^a,b   Chen, Chen ^b   Zhang, Wen ^b   Crittenden, John ^b   Chen, Yongsheng ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Hydrophilicity; Pluronic F 127; Polyvinyl chloride (PVC); Ultrafiltration membrane

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC COPOLYMERS; ANTIFOULING; CASTING SOLUTIONS; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; HIGH FLUX; MEMBRANE FLUXES; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MODIFIED PVC; OXYGEN CONTENT; PLURONIC F-127; PORE DENSITIES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; PHOTOELECTRONS; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRAFILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MEMBRANES;

ANTIFOULING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; POROSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84867133467     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.07.036     Document Type: Article

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