Zwitterionic materials for antifouling membrane surface construction

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 142-152

  He, Mingrui ^a,b   Gao, Kang ^a,b   Zhou, Linjie ^a,b   Jiao, Zhiwei ^a,b   Wu, Mengyuan ^a,b   Cao, Jialin ^a,b   You, Xinda ^a,b   Cai, Ziyi ^a,b   Su, Yanlei ^a,b   Jiang, Zhongyi ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

Antifouling membrane surfaces; Biomimetic adhesion; Surface grafting; Surface segregation; Zwitterionic materials

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMIMETICS; COATINGS; CYTOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MARINE APPLICATIONS; MEMBRANES; SURFACE SEGREGATION; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ANTI-FOULING MEMBRANES; ANTI-FOULINGS; ANTIFOULING MEMBRANE SURFACE; BIOMIMETIC ADHESION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; SURFACE CONSTRUCTION; SURFACE GRAFTING; ZWITTERIONIC MATERIAL; ZWITTERIONICS;

ADHESION;

AMPHOLYTE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; BIOMIMETICS; HYDROGEN BOND; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; ANIMAL; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84991358656     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.03.038     Document Type: Review

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