Polysulfone filtration membranes with isoporous structures prepared by a combination of dip-coating and breath figure approach

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 444, Issue , 2013, Pages 237-251

  Mansouri, Jaleh ^a,b,c   Yapit, Evi ^a,b   Chen, Vicki ^a,b  

^a UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breath figure; Dip coating; Isoporous; Morphology; Surface chemistry; Yeast filtration

Indexed keywords

BREATH FIGURES; DIP COATING; FILTRATION MEMBRANES; ISOPOROUS; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; POLYSULFONE MEMBRANES; PORE INTERCONNECTIVITY; POROUS POLYMER FILMS;

CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; COATINGS; DYES; FILM PREPARATION; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER FILMS; POLYSULFONES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; YEAST;

MICROFILTRATION;

NONIONIC SURFACTANT; NYLON; PLURONIC P 123; POLOXAMER; POLYMER; POLYSULFONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATH FIGURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; DIP COATING; FILM; MATERIAL COATING; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NYLON SUTURE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

EID: 84879260781     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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