Insight into the role of amphiphilic pluronic block copolymer as pore-forming additive in PVDF membrane formation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 446, Issue , 2013, Pages 492-503

  Loh, Chun Heng ^a,b   Wang, Rong ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hydrophilic hydrophobic; Phase inversion; Poly(ethylene oxide) poly(propylene oxide); Poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes; Stability

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHILIC-HYDROPHOBIC; PHASE INVERSION; PLURONIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG); SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS;

ADDITIVES; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PROPYLENE;

MEMBRANES;

2 PROPANOL; AMPHOPHILE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MACROGOL; POLOXAMER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84883224249     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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