High performance ultrafiltration membrane composed of PVDF blended with its derivative copolymer PVDF-g-PEGMA

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 445, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-75

  Liu, Baicang ^a,b   Chen, Chen ^b   Li, Tong ^b,c   Crittenden, John ^b   Chen, Yongsheng ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic copolymer; Atom transfer radical polymerization; Defect free membrane; Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF); Ultrafiltration membrane

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC CO-POLYMERS; AMPHIPHILIC GRAFT COPOLYMERS; DEFECT-FREE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER METHACRYLATE (PEG-MMA); SUWANNEE RIVER HUMIC ACID; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COPOLYMERS; DEFECTS; DEIONIZED WATER; FABRICATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERIZATION; REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MEMBRANES;

COPOLYMER; HUMIC ACID; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)METHYL ETHER METHACRYLATE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; FLUX PERFORMANCE TEST; HYDROPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT; WETTABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84880106435     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.05.043     Document Type: Article

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