Zwitterionic copolymer self-assembly for fouling resistant, high flux membranes with size-based small molecule selectivity

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 493, Issue , 2015, Pages 755-765

  Bengani, Prity ^a   Kou, Yangming ^a   Asatekin, Ayse ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fouling; Membrane; Self assembly; Sulfobetaine; Zwitterion

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; EMULSIONS; FOULING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULES; PORE SIZE; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMOLECULE SEPARATION; COMMERCIAL MEMBRANES; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; SULFOBETAINE; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ZWITTERION; ZWITTERIONIC COPOLYMERS; ZWITTERIONIC GROUPS;

FILTRATION;

ACID BLUE 45; AMPHOLYTE; BRILLIANT BLUE; CHICAGO SKY BLUE 6B; CHLORINE; CONGO RED; COPOLYMER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DYE; ETHYL ORANGE; METHYL ORANGE; NANOCOMPOSITE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; WATER OIL CREAM;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; FOULING CONTROL; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84938099546     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.07.025     Document Type: Article

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