Surface Engineering of Polymer Membranes

• Main Authors: Xu, Zhikang (Author), Wan, Lingshu (Author), Huang, Xiaojun (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Biochemical engineering.; Polymers.; Biomaterials.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Polymer Sciences.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Biochemical Engineering.

Surface Engineering of Polymer Membranes covers the processes that modify membrane surfaces to improve their in-service performance, meaning, to confer surface properties which are different from the bulk properties. Purposes may be to minimize fouling, modulate hydrophilicity/ hydrophobicity, enhan...

Table of Contents:

• Surface Engineering of Polymer Membranes: An Introduction
• Techniques for Membrane Surface Characterization
• Functionalization Methods for Membrane Surfaces
• Surface Modification by Graft Polymerization
• Surface Modification by Macromolecule Immobilization
• Membranes with Phospholipid Analogous Surfaces
• Membranes with Glycosylated Surface
• Molecularly Imprinted Membranes
• Membrane with Biocatalytic Surface
• Nanofibrous Membrane with Functionalized Surface.