Thermoresponsive ultrafiltration membranes for the switchable permeation and fractionation of nanoparticles

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 448, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Frost, Sven ^a   Ulbricht, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Controlled polymerization; Grafting; Nanoparticle fractionation; Responsive membrane; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED POLYMERIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED MEMBRANES; NARROW PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POLY-N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE; RESPONSIVE MEMBRANES; SURFACE INITIATED ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION (SI ATRP); THERMORESPONSIVE POLYMER; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; BRUSHES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDRODYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERIZATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

NANOPARTICLE; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; FLOW RATE; FRACTIONATION; GRAVIMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84882997907     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.036     Document Type: Article

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