Improved Antifouling Properties of Poly(Ether Sulfone) Membrane by Incorporating the Amphiphilic Comb Copolymer with Mixed Poly(Ethylene Glycol) and Poly(Dimethylsiloxane) Brushes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 8789-8800

  Gao, Fan ^a   Zhang, Guangfa ^a   Zhang, Qinghua ^a   Zhan, Xiaoli ^a   Chen, Fengqiu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ETHERS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FILTRATION; FOULING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICALS; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MEMBRANES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFILTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYOLS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE SEGREGATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WETTING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMPHIPHILIC CO-POLYMERS; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; NONSOLVENT-INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; SURFACE DISTRIBUTIONS; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84941249409     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b02864     Document Type: Article

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