Tuning the nanofiltration performance of thin film strong polyelectrolyte hydrogel composite membranes by photo-grafting conditions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 427, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-138

  Bernstein, Roy ^a   Antón, Enrique ^a,b   Ulbricht, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Membrane modification; Nanofiltration membrane; Polyelectrolyte hydrogel; UV photo polymerization

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MATERIALS; ATR FTIR; ATR-FT-IR SPECTROSCOPY; CROSS FLOWS; CROSS-LINKERS; DEGREE OF GRAFTING; FUNCTIONAL MONOMER; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; GRAFT POLYMERIZATION; HYDROGEL COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; LONG TERM STABILITY; MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION; MEMBRANE MODIFICATION; MIXED SALTS; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; NANOFILTRATION PERFORMANCE; NF MEMBRANES; PH RANGE; PHOTO-GRAFTING; POLYELECTROLYTE HYDROGELS; POLYETHERSULFONE ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; SELECTIVE BARRIERS; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SULFONIC ACID; UV IRRADIATION;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CONTACT ANGLE; ETHERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGELS; MONOMERS; NANOFILTRATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MONOMER; N,N' METHYLENBISACRYLAMIDE; POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYETHERSULFONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER PERMEABILITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84871791188     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.09.034     Document Type: Article

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