Effect of type of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) based amphiphilic copolymer on antifouling properties of copolymer/poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) blend membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 514, Issue , 2016, Pages 429-439

  Ma, Wenzhong ^a   Rajabzadeh, Saeid ^a   Shaikh, Abdul Rajjak ^a   Kakihana, Yuriko ^a   Sun, Yuchen ^a   Matsuyama, Hideto ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifouling properties; Blend membranes; Nonsolvent induced phase separation; Poly(Poly(Ethylene Glycol)Methyl Ether Methacrylate Methyl Methacrylate) P(PEGMA MMA) ; Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) (PVDF)

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; BLENDING; BODY FLUIDS; CHAIN LENGTH; CHAINS; ESTERS; ETHERS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYACRYLONITRILES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYOLS; PORE SIZE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; BLEND MEMBRANES; METHYL METHACRYLATES; NONSOLVENT-INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF);

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; MONOMER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84971225614     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.05.021     Document Type: Article

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