A facile strategy to prepare superhydrophilic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) based membranes and the thermodynamic mechanisms underlying the improved …

R Li, X Wang, X Cai, H Lin, L Shen, J Chen… - Separation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study provided a first report on a facile strategy to fabricate superhydrophilic and low-
fouling multilayer coatings on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane by layer-by-layer …

Preparation and characterization of superior antifouling PVDF membrane with extremely ordered and hydrophilic surface layer

X Zhao, H Xuan, Y Chen, C He - Journal of membrane science, 2015 - Elsevier
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes with ordered and super hydrophilic surface were
prepared though the self-assembly of anionic polyelectrolyte sodium alginate and amino …

A facile approach to fabrication of superhydrophilic ultrafiltration membranes with surface-tailored nanoparticles

S Liang, K Xiao, S Zhang, Z Ma, P Lu, H Wang… - Separation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A hydrophilic membrane commonly performs better in resisting fouling. But most prevailing
polymeric membrane materials are hydrophobic thus prone to be fouled in practical …

Investigating the effect of various foulants on the performance of intrinsically superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride membranes for direct contact membrane …

B Abdu, S Munirasu, P Kallem, SW Hasan… - Separation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Conventional water-induced polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) hydrophobic membranes for
membrane distillation (MD) are highly prone to fouling and wetting by the different foulant …

Excellent wetting resistance and anti-fouling performance of PVDF membrane modified with superhydrophobic papillae-like surfaces

Z Wang, Y Tang, B Li - Journal of Membrane Science, 2017 - Elsevier
With hydrophobicity as a basic requirement for membrane used in membrane distillation
(MD) process, the membrane wetting and fouling can be effectively alleviated with …

Polyvinylidene fluoride/poly (ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) blended membranes and a systematic insight into their antifouling properties

R Miao, L Wang, Z Gao, N Mi, T Liu, Y Lv, X Wang - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
PVDF/EVOH (P/E) membranes were prepared via immersion precipitation to realize an
antifouling property better than that of PVDF membranes. To determine the optimum …

Antifouling mechanism of the additive-free β-PVDF membrane in water purification process: Relating the surface electron donor monopolarity to membrane-foulant …

Y Zhang, L Ye, W Zhao, L Chen, M Zhang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although the antifouling modification of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane has
attracted much attentions recently, the underlying fouling/antifouling mechanism of the PVDF …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogel/β-feooh-coated poly (vinylidene fluoride) membranes with superhydrophilicity/underwater superoleophobicity facilely fabricated via an aqueous …

Y Tang, T Zhu, H Liu, Z Tang, X Kuang, Y Qiao… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogel coatings that can endow various substrates with superior properties (eg,
biocompatibility, hydrophilicity, and lubricity) have wide applications in the fields of oil/water …

From hydrophobic to hydrophilic polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) membranes by gaining new insight into material's properties

E Fontananova, MA Bahattab, SA Aljlil, M Alowairdy… - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This work provides an easy and versatile strategy to manufacture novel
polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) membranes by solution casting and phase separation …

Enhanced performance of superhydrophobic polypropylene membrane with modified antifouling surface for high salinity water treatment

Y Wang, G He, Y Shao, D Zhang, X Ruan… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the superhydrophobic polypropylene (PP) composite membranes with modified
surface were successfully fabricated by loading the SiO 2 nanoparticles and attaching low …