Enhanced membrane antifouling and separation performance by manipulating phase separation and surface segregation behaviors through incorporating versatile modifier

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 499, Issue , 2016, Pages 406-417

  Liu, Yanan ^a,b   Su, Yanlei ^a,b   Zhao, Xueting ^a,b   Zhang, Runnan ^a,b   Ma, Tianyi ^a,b   He, Mingrui ^a,b   Jiang, Zhongyi ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

Antifouling membrane; Phase separation; Surface segregation; Ultrafiltration; Versatile modifier

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BODY FLUIDS; MEMBRANES; PERMEATION; PHASE SEPARATION; SEPARATION; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-FOULING MEMBRANES; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CROSSLINKED STRUCTURES; MEMBRANE FABRICATION PROCESS; REJECTION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; VERSATILE MODIFIER;

SURFACE SEGREGATION;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CARBON 13; COPOLYMER; DEIONIZED WATER; MACROGOL; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL METHYL ACRYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIFOULING MEMBRANE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SKIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84946854883     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.10.056     Document Type: Article

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