Improving the hydrophilicity and fouling-resistance of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes via surface zwitterionicalization mediated by polysulfone-based triblock copolymer additive

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 440, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-47

  Zhao, Yi Fan ^a,b   Zhu, Li Ping ^a,b   Yi, Zhuan ^a,b   Zhu, Bao Ku ^a,b   Xu, You Yi ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti fouling; Polysulfone membranes; Post quaternization; PSF based block copolymers; Surface zwitterionicalization

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC CO-POLYMERS; ANTIFOULING; FILTRATION EXPERIMENTS; PHASE INVERSION PROCESS; POLYSULFONE MEMBRANES; POST-QUATERNIZATION; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; POLYCONDENSATION; POLYSULFONES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

BROMINE; BROMOPROPIONIC ACID; CARBON; COPOLYMER; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLY(CARBOXYBETAINEMETHACRYLATE); POLYSULFONE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE ZWITTERIONICALIZATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84877022754     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.03.064     Document Type: Article

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