Fabrication of thermo-responsive nano-valve by grafting-to in melt of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) onto nanoporous silicon nitride membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 468, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-125

  Bojko, Alexandre ^a,b   Andreatta, Gaëlle ^a   Montagne, Franck ^c   Renaud, Philippe ^b   Pugin, Raphaël ^a  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Roche Diagnostics Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Melt grafting; Nanoporous silicon nitride membrane; Poly(N isopropylacrylamide); Thermo responsive nano valve

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; DEXTRAN; DIFFUSION; NITRIDES; PORE SIZE; SILICON NITRIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; MELT GRAFTING; NANOPOROUS SILICON NITRIDE; POLY (N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE) (PNIPAM); THERMO-RESPONSIVE; THERMO-RESPONSIVE BEHAVIORS;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DIFFUSION; ELLIPSOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NANOFABRICATION; NANOPORE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84902973727     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.05.048     Document Type: Article

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