Fabricating a pH-responsive membrane through interfacial in-situ assembly of microgels for water gating and self-cleaning

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 579, Issue , 2019, Pages 230-239

  Liu, Huawen ^a   Yang, Shanshan ^a   Liu, Yuanwei ^a   Miao, Mengjie ^a   Zhao, Yan ^b   Sotto, Arcadio ^c   Gao, Congjie ^a   Shen, Jiangnan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

In situ assembly; Microgel; pH responsive membrane; Self cleaning; Water gating

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CLEANING; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; FABRICATION; MEMBRANES;

MICROGEL; PH-RESPONSIVE; PHASE INVERSION PROCESS; SELF CLEANING; SELF-CLEANING MATERIALS; SELF-CLEANING PROPERTIES; SITU ASSEMBLY; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE MICROGELS;

PH;

POLY(4 VINYL PYRIDINE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEANING; GEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; MICROGEL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTONATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF CLEANING; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

CLEANING; COAGULATION; CONSTRUCTION; MEMBRANES; PH; PORES; SURFACES; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 85062322316     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.03.010     Document Type: Article

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