Effect of surface properties on antifouling performance of poly(vinyl chloride-co-poly(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate)/PVC blend membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 514, Issue , 2016, Pages 537-546

  Zhou, Zhuang ^a   Rajabzadeh, Saeid ^a,b   Shaikh, Abdul Rajjak ^a   Kakihana, Yuriko ^a   Ma, Wenzhong ^a   Matsuyama, Hideto ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifouling blend membrane; Molecular dynamics simulation; Poly(vinyl chloride); Poly(vinyl chloride co poly(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate); Protein fouling mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; BODY FLUIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOULING; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYOLS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PORE SIZE;

ANTIFOULING PERFORMANCE; BLEND MEMBRANES; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN ADSORPTION; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER METHACRYLATE (PEG-MMA); PROTEIN FOULING; SURFACE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;

MEMBRANES;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; COPOLYMER; POLY(VINYL CHLORIDE CO POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)METHYL ETHER METHACRYLATE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BLEND MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER PERMEABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84969508967     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.05.008     Document Type: Article

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