Self-organized isoporous membranes with tailored pore sizes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 451, Issue , 2014, Pages 266-275

  Rangou, Sofia ^a   Buhr, Kristian ^a   Filiz, Volkan ^a   Clodt, Juliana Isabel ^a   Lademann, Brigitte ^a   Hahn, Janina ^a   Jung, Adina ^a   Abetz, Volker ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic diblock copolymers; Isoporous membranes; Self assembly; Tailored pore size

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; POLY(4-VINYL PYRIDINE); PORE DIAMETERS; SOLUTION COMPOSITION; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES;

PORE SIZE;

COPOLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPORE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84886834911     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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