Synthesis of poly(vinyl chloride)-g-poly(3-sulfopropyl methacrylate) graft copolymers and their use in pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) membranes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 247, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Patel, Rajkumar ^a   Chi, Won Seok ^a   Ahn, Sung Hoon ^a   Park, Chul Ho ^b   Lee, Hyung Keun ^b   Kim, Jong Hak ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP); Graft copolymer; Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO); Salt rejection; Water flux

Indexed keywords

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; OSMOSIS; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMPHIPHILIC GRAFT COPOLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; MICROPHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SALT REJECTIONS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; WATER FLUX;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84896382940     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.02.106     Document Type: Article

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