Stimuli responsive and low fouling ultrafiltration membranes from blends of polyvinylidene fluoride and designed library of amphiphilic poly(methyl methacrylate) containing copolymers

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 481, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-147

  Bera, Anupam ^a,b   Kumar, Chinta Uday ^a,c   Parui, Partha ^d   Jewrajka, Suresh K ^a,b  

^a Reverse Osmosis Division   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^c BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^d JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Low fouling membranes; PMMA based copolymers; PVDF copolymers blend ultrafiltration membranes; Screening of membranes; Stimuli responsive membranes

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; BLENDING; BONE CEMENT; COPOLYMERS; DYES; ESTERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FOULING; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGELS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BLEND ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; CONVENTIONAL FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATES; FOULING MEMBRANES; PH- AND TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); POLY(N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE) (PNIPAM); STIMULI-RESPONSIVE MEMBRANE;

MEMBRANES;

COPOLYMER; POLY(DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATE); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(N VINYL PYRROLIDONE); POLY(N,N DIMETHYL ACRYLAMIDE); POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE; MISCIBILITY; PH; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE;

EID: 84923377044     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.01.026     Document Type: Article

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