Isoporous membranes with gradient porosity by selective swelling of UV-crosslinked block copolymers

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 476, Issue , 2015, Pages 449-456

  Wang, Zhaogen ^a   Guo, Leiming ^a   Wang, Yong ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Gradient porosity; Isoporous membranes; PH responsibility; Selective swelling

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPOSITE FILMS; COPOLYMERS; MEMBRANES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POROSITY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SWELLING;

AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BETTER PERFORMANCE; GRADIENT STRUCTURE; INTERCONNECTED PORES; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PH RESPONSIBILITIES; POLY(2-VINYLPYRIDINE) (P2VP); POLYSTYRENE BLOCK;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

BLOCK COPOLYMER; CHLOROFORM; COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ISOPOROUS MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; POROSITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWELLING INDUCED PORE FORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84920159046     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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