Novel antifouling positively charged hybrid ultrafiltration membranes for protein separation based on blends of carboxylated carbon nanotubes and aminated poly(arylene ether sulfone)

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 448, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-73

  Kumar, Mahendra ^a   Ulbricht, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Hybrid membrane; Multi walled carbon nanotube; Multiblock copolymer; Protein separation; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION MODES; CARBOXYLATED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HYBRID MEMBRANE; HYBRID ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; MULTIBLOCK CO-POLYMERS; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE); PROTEIN SEPARATIONS;

AMINATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHASE SEPARATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COPOLYMER; LYSOZYME; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; OVALBUMIN; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE); QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AMINATION; ARTICLE; CARBOXYLATION; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PH; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PERMEABILITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84883027706     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.055     Document Type: Article

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