Macroinitiator-mediated photoreactive coating of membrane surfaces with antifouling hydrogel layers

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 455, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-218

  Lei, Jing ^a,b   Ulbricht, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anti fouling; Hydrogel; Macroinitiator; Nanofiltration membrane

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING; MACROINITIATORS; POLY(2-HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYAMIDE COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLYAMIDE NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; RADICAL COPOLYMERIZATION; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION;

COATINGS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; HYDROGELS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PHEMA; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

POLYPEPTIDES;

COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; MACROINITIATOR; PHOTOINITIATOR; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)METHYLETHER METHACRYLATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; HYDROGEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIAL COATING; MEMBRANE; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT REJECTION; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE WETTABILITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WETTABILITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84892965496     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.12.059     Document Type: Article

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