Organosilane-functionalized graphene oxide for enhanced antifouling and mechanical properties of polyvinylidene fluoride ultrafiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 458, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Xu, Zhiwei ^a   Zhang, Jiguo ^a   Shan, Mingjing ^a   Li, Yinglin ^a   Li, Baodong ^a   Niu, Jiarong ^a   Zhou, Baoming ^a   Qian, Xiaoming ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifouling performance; Graphene oxide; Graphene oxide functionalization; Hybrid membranes; Mechanical performance

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; HYDROPHILICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; SILANES; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANTIFOULING PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HYBRID MEMBRANE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE;

MICROFILTRATION;

3 AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; ANTIFOULING AGENT; GRAPHENE OXIDE; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTACT ANGLE; COVALENT BOND; DISPERSION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERIODICITY; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAFILTRATION; VISCOSITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84896337614     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.050     Document Type: Article

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