Antifouling high-flux membranes via surface segregation and phase separation controlled by the synergy of hydrophobic and hydrogen bond interactions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 520, Issue , 2016, Pages 814-822

  He, Mingrui ^a,b   Fan, Xiaochen ^a,b   Yang, Zhen ^a,b   Zhang, Runnan ^a,b   Liu, Yanan ^a,b   Fan, Lin ^a,b   Zhang, Qi ^a,b   Su, Yanlei ^a,b   Jiang, Zhongyi ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro Nano Biomaterials and Detection Treatment Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bond interaction; Hydrophobic interaction; Polyvinyl formal; Surface segregation; Ultrafiltration membrane

Indexed keywords

DEIONIZED WATER; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; PHASE SEPARATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIFOULING PERFORMANCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; HYDROGEN BOND INTERACTION; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; POLYVINYL FORMALS; STRONG INTERACTION; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

SURFACE SEGREGATION;

DEIONIZED WATER; POLYETHERSULFONE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYVINYL FORMAL ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAFILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84984850959     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.08.044     Document Type: Article

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