Toward robust pH-responsive and anti-fouling composite membranes via one-pot in-situ cross-linked copolymerization

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Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-93

  Han, Zhiyuan ^a   Cheng, Chong ^a,b   Zhang, Lisha ^a   Luo, Chongdan ^a   Nie, Chuanxiong ^a   Deng, Jie ^a   Xiang, Tao ^a   Zhao, Changsheng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite membranes; In situ cross linked copolymerization; PH responsive; Polyethersulfone; Protein anti fouling

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; COPOLYMERIZATION; ESTERS; FOULING; PROTEINS;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ANTI-FOULING MEMBRANES; ANTIFOULING; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; FINGER-LIKE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; PH-RESPONSIVE; POLYETHERSULFONES;

COPOLYMERS;

ADSORPTION; ANTIFOULING; COMPOSITE; MEMBRANE; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN;

EID: 84904040898     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.06.025     Document Type: Article

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