Fabrication of hollow fiber membranes using amphiphilic block copolymers as pore-forming additives

• Main Author: Loh, Chun Heng
• Other Authors: Wang Rong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55443
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The use of additives is an important mean to tailoring the membrane structures and properties during membrane fabrication. Amphiphilic Pluronic triblock copolymers of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) have received much attention recently in membrane preparation due to their...